City of Jackson v. Ridgway

SMITH, Justice:

The City of Jackson, and certain owners of property in the City of Jackson, have appealed from a judgment of the Circuit *440Court of the First' Judicial District of Hinds County which reversed an order of the City Council refusing to approve a proposed subdivision of certain land owned by appellees, Louis E. Ridgway, Jr. and Bennie Kirkland, together with their request for a permit to build thereon a two-family duplex apartment.

The case presents the question of whether the City Council of the City of Jackson is without discretion to reject but must approve, under the circumstances…