Marion County v. Taylor

Citations

• 55 Miss. 184

Syllabus

<p>IBoards or Supervisobs. Their power to employ counsel.</p> <p>Article 35 of chapter 59 of the Code of 1857 provided that “the Boards of Police shall have power, at their discretion, to employ counsel in all civil cases in which the county is interested, to conduct the proceedings, instead of the district attorney,” etc. This provision refers, to suits pending or about to be instituted, in the courts, and did not authorize a board of police (afterwards, board of supervisors) to employ counsel to procure the governor to make an order requiring the county officers to give new bonds with good and sufficient sureties, and to procure their removal from their respective offices in case they, or any of them, failed to comply with such order.</p>