Polk v. City of Hattiesburg
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Forest county. Hon. P. B. Johnson, Judge. Petition by A. Polk for certiorari to require the city of Hattiesburg to sign his bill of exceptions on appeal from the. city’s ordinance closing an alley. Writ refused and petitioner appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
A petition was filed by a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Hattiesburg with the proper authorities, asking that the city “kill” or close a certain named portion'of an alley which had been dedicated to the use of the public. Appellant, also a citizen and taxpayer of the city, filed objections to the petition to kill the alley, alleging that he owned property adjacent to and abutting on the alley, and further alleging that the effort to have the alley killed was contrary to the interest of the public and especially damaging to his property. The city authorities sustained the original…
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