WARREN COUNTY v. CULKIN

No. 56403.

497 So.2d 433 (1986)

WARREN COUNTY, Mississippi v. George CULKIN and Mark J. Chaney.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Braddock, Ellis, Braddock & Bost, Vicksburg, for appellant.

M. James Chaney, Jr., Landman Teller, Jr., Teller, Chaney & Rector, Vicksburg, for appellee.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Dorrance Aultman, Aultman, Tyner, McNeese & Ruffin, Hattiesburg, for amicus curiae.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

At its core this case presents the question whether a board of supervisors of a county in this state has authority to secure group life, medical and accident insurance for the benefit of employees of fee paid officials such as chancery clerks and circuit clerks, or both, and pay the premiums for such insurance out of general county funds. The Circuit Court answered the question in the affirmative. Being of the opinion that the Circuit...

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