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PETERSON v. CITY OF McCOMB CITY

No. 56520.

504 So.2d 208 (1987)

Clifton M. PETERSON, Agnes Marie Peterson and William C. Peterson v. CITY OF McCOMB CITY, MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis L. Horn, Horn & Payne, Hazlehurst, for appellant.

Thomas Walman, McComb, James L. Carroll, Michael W. Ulmer, Frank A. Wood, Jr., Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This case poses but one question: May a municipality of this State, operating under a Private Charter, employ a city administrator, whose duties neither violate the city charter nor state statutes? Here, we hold that the city's governing board acted within its discretion, affirming the chancellor's decision to dismiss the complaint.

In 1982, the mayor and selectmen of McComb City enacted an ordinance creating the office of...

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