Vail v. City of Jackson

On the Motion to Advance.

Montgomery, J.

On January 19, 1949, the City Council of the City of Jackson passed an ordinance extending the city limits so as to annex some twelve square miles of additional area immediately adjacent to the present city limits. Kelly Vail prosecuted an appeal to the Circuit Court of Hinds County and was later joined in his appeal by Elmore D. Greaves.

There was a jury and verdict in the Circuit Court upholding the reasonableness of the ordinance, and from the judgment of that Court the case has been brought here on appeal. However, the case is not before us now on the…