Legal Opinion

Town of Florence v. Sea Lands, Ltd.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 2000No. 97-CA-01194-SCTPublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

759 So.2d 1221 (2000)

TOWN OF FLORENCE, Mississippi

v.

SEA LANDS, LTD.

No. 97-CA-01194-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 2000.

David Ringer, Florence, Attorney for Appellant.

Paul B. Henderson, C. Allen Phillips, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE BANKS, P.J., WALLER AND DIAZ, JJ.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1977, the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Florence, Mississippi, rezoned a certain tract of land on Old Highway 49 North from R-1, Single Family Residential, to R-2, Multi-Family Residential. In 1986, Sea Lands, Ltd. ("Sea Lands") purchased approximately 1.8 acres of land…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Faircloth v. LylesMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Board of Aldermen, City of Clinton v. ConerlyMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Saunders v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. WOODLAND HILLS CONS. ASS'N v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. City of Jackson v. BridgesMississippi Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by55 opinions

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  4. Weible v. University of Southern MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
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