§ 51-33-103. Dissolution of district with construction not requiring maintenance; proceedings; chancery court jurisdiction
The said chancery court, or the chancellor thereof in vacation, shall take jurisdiction of said cause and shall hear the same on the return day thereof in the same manner as other causes in chancery. If, upon the hearing of said cause, it shall appear that it is to the best interest of the landowners […]
§ 51-33-105. Dissolution of district by cumulative method
Whenever twenty-five per cent (25%) of the landowners owning a majority of the acreage of any drainage district organized under any of the laws of the State of Mississippi desire to have the same dissolved and its affairs wound up, the chancery court in which said district was organized, or the chancery court of the […]
§ 51-33-107. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; petition
All proceedings instituted under Section 51-33-105 shall be by petition addressed to the court having jurisdiction of said proceedings, as aforesaid, and, when executed as hereinafter directed, filed with the clerk of said court. Said petition shall be signed by twenty-five per cent (25%) of the landowners owning a majority of the acreage in any […]
§ 51-33-109. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; notice and summons
After said petition has been filed with the clerk and if the same pray for a hearing in vacation, the clerk shall thereupon refer the same to the chancellor of said court with the request that he set the matter and fix the time, date, and place for the hearing thereof by him in vacation, […]
§ 51-33-111. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; claims
At the time, date, and place set for the hearing of said petition as above provided, the court or chancellor in vacation shall at said time, date, and place also take up, examine, determine, and allow all claims of indebtedness of said district, bonded or otherwise. Any claims of indebtedness against any of said drainage […]
§ 51-33-113. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; sale of property; orders and decrees; appointment of masters
In the event the petition as filed shows and the court or chancellor in vacation finds that said district has not paid off all of its outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, but owns easements, rights of way, canals, ditches, drains, or other property which can be sold for an amount equal to its fair cash […]
§ 51-33-115. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; claims; fees and commissions; contraction of debts
The court or chancellor in vacation is hereby authorized at the time, date, and place of the first hearing of all of the aforesaid matters, as well as at any other time he might order, to allow and determine all claims of indebtedness of said district, bonded or otherwise, and to provide for the payment […]
§ 51-33-117. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; surplus funds; effect of dissolution
If it shall be made to appear to the court or chancellor in vacation on the hearing of any proceedings filed under Sections 51-33-105 through 51-33-121 that the district will have funds on hand after all of its debts and all expenses and court costs incident to said proceeding have been paid, then and in […]
§ 51-33-119. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; appeals
The hearing and trial of any proceeding instituted under the terms of Sections 51-33-105 through 51-33-121 shall be conducted as other hearings and trials are conducted in the chancery court or by the chancellor in vacation, except as hereinabove provided. Any person feeling aggrieved by a final decree rendered by the court or chancellor in […]
§ 51-33-121. Law as additional method of dissolution
Sections 51-33-105 through 51-33-121 shall be cumulative and additional and supplementary to any and all other laws of the State of Mississippi which provide for the dissolution of drainage districts and for the affairs of said districts to be wound up. In the event a petition filed under said sections is dismissed, the same shall […]