Greene v. Village of Rienzi

Citations

• 87 Miss. 463

Syllabus

<p>1. De Facto Officers. Municipalities.</p> <p>Tbe acts of cle facto municipal officers are valid when they would have been so had the officers been dejure.</p> <p>2. Municipal Bonds. Issuance. Elections. Qualification of voters. Code 1892, § 3016.</p> <p>The word “electors,” as used in Code 1892, § 3016, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds, means “those who would be entitled to vote at any election held in pursuance of the constitution and laws of the state.”</p> <p>8. Same. Bona fide holders.</p> <p>Bona fide holders of municipal bonds, who relied upon the face of the record, will be protected against informalities and irregularities in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and from mistakes and lack of wisdom .on the part of the authorities.</p>