318 So. 2d 862 - Keys v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. “However, the remedy is the voiding of the lease rather than its continuation for the remainder of the 25 year period with damages prospectively figured for each year of its future existence. In the event that the unequivocal allegations of the bill should be sustained by the chancellor upon trial of the case, an immediate cancellation of the lease would ensue and a judgment against defendants for such damages as might be proved and be found actually to have resulted from the inception of the lease to the date of its cancellation as an unconstitutional donation would be justified. See, Koonce v. Board of Supervisors of Grenada County, 202 Miss. 473 , 32 So.2d 264 (1947).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 564 So. 2d 1 - Hill v. Thompson

2. “The facts alleged in the bill, if supported by proof accepted by the chancellor as the trier of facts, would be capable of supporting a finding that the lease of this 320 acre tract for an annual rental of $170, although the fair value of the lease was $4,000 per year, amounted to an unconstitutional donation, as well as an appropriation of the property to "an object not authorized by law." In that event, the lease was and is void and may be attacked in this suit. See Saxon v. Harvey, 190 So.2d 901 (Miss. 1966) and Coleman v. Shipp, 223 Miss. 516 , 78 So.2d 778 (1955).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 564 So. 2d 1 - Hill v. Thompson