Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi (Volume 81) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Revenue agent, state?Salaries. REVENUE AGENT, STATE. See State Revenue Agent. Adams v. Miller, 613. ROAD CONTRACTORS. 1. Criminal law. Indictment. Neglect of duty. Laws 1900, p. 153, ch. 119, sec. 10. A road contractor is not punishable as for a misdemeanor, under laws 1900, p. 153, ch. 119, sec. 10, making it an offense to neglect duty in suffering the highway to be out of repair, for the nonrepair of the road before he has had time or opportunity to put it in good condition. Cain v. State, 420. 2. Same. Neglect of duty. Laws 1900, p. 153, ch. 119, sec. 10. Crim- inal law. Indictment. An indictment against a road contractor for neglect of duty in suf- fering a highway to be out of repair, under laws 1900, page 153, ch. 119, sec. 10, making the same a misdemeanor, is demurrable if it fail to charge that the board of supervisors? (o) Had elected to work the highways by public contract; or, (b) Had divided them into convenient links; or, (c) Had let the contract for their working for not less than two nor more than four years, by sealed bids, or at public outcry to the lowest bidder who would give bond in double the amount of his bid for the performance of his contract; or, if it fail to charge (d) That the defendant was a road contractor, and had become such under said law; or, () The facts of the case constituting the neglect of duty. Elmore v. State, 422. ROADS, PUBLIC. See Highways. State v. Edwards, 399. SALARIES. See Municipalities. Grenada v. Wood, 308. Pa8 Christian v. Washington, 470. See Health And Quarantine. Yandell v. Madison County, 288. Sales?Statutes of limitation. SALES. 1. Draft with bill of lading. Transfer by consignor. Rights of consignee. Code 1892, g3503. A bank...