Branton v. Washington County

Citations

• 79 Miss. 277

Syllabus

<p>1. Board of SUPERVISORS. Convicts. Siring. Contract. Best Bidder. Taxpayers. Equity. Injunction.</p> <p>Equity will not, at the suit of other bidders although they be taxpayers, enjoin the board of supervisors from making or carrying out a contract with a person to whom it has awarded the keeping of convicted misdemeanants, because the complainants’ bid was better than that of the party to whom the contract was awarded.</p> <p>2. Same. Laios 1894, p. 67. Laws 1896, p. 146. Laws 1900, p. 138. Jurisdiction.</p> <p>The statutes (Laws 1894, p. 67; amended Laws 1896, p. 146; Laws 1900, p. 138) providing for the hiring out by the board of supervisors of convicted misdemeanants, gives the supervisors’ court exclusive jurisdiction of the subject and its action is not under the control of other courts.</p>