City of Greenwood v. Telfair
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The City of Greenwood is a municipal corporation operating under the Code Chapter on Municipalities and acts under the commission form of government as provided therein.
From time to time various street improvement programs have been adopted and various streets of the city have been paved. In each instance the City has followed the proportion of two-thirds of the cost to be borne by adjacent property owners, and the other one-third to be borne by the municipality.
In 1946 certain streets remained unpaved and the City determined to pave these streets as listed in the ordinances, and, for some…
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