Mississippi Supreme Court October 15, 1884 (Spengler v. Trowbridge)

Campbell, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

We cannot discover in the charter of the city of Vicksburg any authority for an appropriation of money to defray the expenses of persons representing the city in an effort to procure from Congress aid to restore to the city its harbor, which has been “ almost totally destroyed ” by the course of the Mississippi River.