Bierce v. Grant
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. James L. McCaskill, Chancellor. Grant, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Bierce and others, appellants, were defendants and cross-complainants there. From an interlocutory decree sustaining Grant’s demurrer and dismissing appellants’ cross-bill they appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. James L. McCaskill, Chancellor. Grant, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Bierce and others, appellants, were defendants and cross-complainants there. From an interlocutory decree sustaining Grant’s demurrer and dismissing appellants’ cross-bill they appealed to the supreme court. Grant, appellee, moved to dismiss the appeal because from an interlocutory decree and not authorized by Code 1906, § 35. The opinion of the court states the facts fully, and quotes the code section involved. The appeal in this case is from an…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
Grant filed a bill in the chancery court of Lauderdale county, alleging that a certain street, called “ B street,” had been dedicated to the public use as a street; that a certain portion of B street embraced between Eleventh and Seventeenth avenues had been obstructed by the appellants by placing therein box cars, platforms, etc., thereby making it impossible for the public to use said street. On the allegations of this bill an injunction was prayed for and granted, restraining the appellants from further obstructing said street until a final hearing of the case. The appellants answered the…
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