Board of Supervisors v. Cowan

Citations

• 60 Miss. 876

Syllabus

<p>Ootjntx. Liability f07' attorney’s fee. Power of Legislature to compel payment An act of the Legislature which assumes to create and impose on a county a liability for professional services rendered by attorneys, not to the county, but to private individuals therein in a contest in which the individuals are in antagonism to the county as a political entity, the official representatives of the county being their adversaries, is unconstitutional.</p>