Harrison County v. Marione

Citations

• 110 Miss. 592
• 70 So. 702

Syllabus

<p>1. Counties. Board of supervisors. Unauthorized act. Liability. Pleading. Demurrer. Admission.</p> <p>When the board of supervisors of a county entered an order requiring all live stock in the county to be vaccinated and appointed a person to vaccinate such stock, who over plaintiff’s protest vaccinated a horse, which in consequence contracted lockjaw and died, in such case the county was not liable for such death, since the board of supervisors acted without authority and a county is not liable for the unauthorized acts of its board of supervisors.</p> <p>2. Pleading. Demurrer. Admission.</p> <p>On demurrer the court will assume that the declaration states the facts.</p>