Dismukes v. Town of Louisville

Citations

• 101 Miss. 104
• 57 So. 547

Syllabus

<p>1. MuNicrPAnmES. Ordinances. Oode 1906, section 3410, chapter 28.</p> <p>An ordinance of a town which provides “that chapter 28 of the annotated Code of Mississippi be and the same is hereby adopted as the criminal Code and laws of the town” is void, in that it attempts to confer upon the mayor of the town jurisdiction over all felonies as well as misdemeanors committed within the corporate limits.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Code 1906, section 3410, giving all the authority granted in the premises, expressly limits the power to misdemeanors.</p>