Hathorn v. Morgan

Citations

• 107 Miss. 589
• 66 So. 643

Syllabus

<p>Schools and School Distbicts. Separate districts. Review of decision. Code 1906, section 80.</p> <p>Under section 80, Code 1906, providing that any person aggrieved by judgment or decision of the board of a city, town, or village may appeal to the 'next term of the circuit court of the county, and may embody the facts and decision in a bill of exceptions, which shall be signed by the person acting as president of the municipal authorities, where the bill of exceptions was not taken and signed during the term of the municipal board at which the order complained of was passed, and it does not appear that the time for preparing and perfecting the bill was extended, into the vacation following the term. The mayor could properly refuse to sign a bill subsequently presented, even though the applicant had no notice that the matter had been presented to the board or of the passage of the order.</p>