Edwards v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oliver v. Board of Supervisors · McLeod v. State · 252 So. 2d 788 - Ethridge v. Drinkwater
Most-quoted passages
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“As authorized by constitutional § 211 ... the legislature by General Laws of Mississippi Chapter 443, § 3, ... in clear and explicit language authorized, upon proper application, extensions of existing leases of sixteenth section lands within a municipality "for a term not exceeding ninety-nine (99) years from the date of such extension for a gross sum."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We hold that the applicable sections of our constitution and legislative enactments ... as they existed on September 2, 1946, authorized the extensions... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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