Lizano v. City of Pass Christian

Citations

• 96 Miss. 640
• 50 So. 981

Syllabus

<p>Muotcipalitibs. Officers. Removal from office. Constitutional law. Constitution 1890, sec. 175. Cofie 1906, § 3332.</p> <p>Under constitution 1890, sec. 175, providing that all public officers, for willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, shall he liable-to presentment or indictment by a grand jury, and upon conviction shall he removed from office, and otherwise punished as prescribed by law;</p> <p>’(a) A city marshal, elected by the voters, is a public officer; and</p> <p>(5) A municipal ordinance, predicated of Code 1906, § 3332, providing “for the impeachment and removal of elective officers” for willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office by the mayor and hoard of aldermen, without indictment and conviction as a, condition of removal, is void.</p>