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EDWARDS v. WEEKS

No. 91-CA-00481.

633 So.2d 1035 (1994)

Terri EDWARDS, Mayor of the Town of Wesson, v. Lewis J. WEEKS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Stratton, III, Brookhaven, for appellant.

James D. Shannon, Hazlehurst, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and McRAE and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

HAWKINS, Chief Justice, for the court:

This case presents the interesting issue of the right of a mayor of a town operating under a Code Charter to veto an order of its board of aldermen appointing a town attorney. Because the trial court erred in denying the mayor the right to veto pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 21-3-15 (Supp. 1990), we reverse and render on the issue presented.

Lewis J. Weeks, Jr. (Weeks), appointed town attorney in July 1981 for the...

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