Suit may be brought, in the name of the county, where only a part of the county or of its inhabitants are concerned, and where there is a public right of such part to be vindicated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-45-19
Suit where part only of county is interested
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 557 So. 2d 780 - Harrison County v. City of Gulfport (1990)
Most recently applied in Frisby v. City of Gulfport (May 2013)
Codes, 1892, § 291; 1906, § 310; Hemingway’s 1917, § 3683; 1930, § 271; 1942, § 2956.
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