Mayor of South Memphis v. Howard
Tennessee Supreme Court
This was an injunction bill filed in .the Chancery Side o£ the Common Law and Chancery Court of Memphis, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of South Memphis, claiming as public- ground a parcel of land ■lying adjacent to the Mississippi river and West of Clinton Street, and extending south from Union Street to Beale Street, in what was then the town of South Memphis, on a portion of which the defendant had erected a cotton shed, which erection the hill sought to have…
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This was an injunction bill filed in .the Chancery Side o£ the Common Law and Chancery Court of Memphis, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of South Memphis, claiming as public- ground a parcel of land ■lying adjacent to the Mississippi river and West of Clinton Street, and extending south from Union Street to Beale Street, in what was then the town of South Memphis, on a portion of which the defendant had erected a cotton shed, which erection the hill sought to have removed as a nuisance. The value ©f the property in controversy was estimated at $200,000. Prior to the location of the town…
1Opinion of the Court
Totten., J.,
delivered an oral opinion, affirming the decree of the chancellor, and concurring substantially in the grounds assumed by Dixon, for the complainants. McKinney and Caruthers, JJ., concurred. Judge Totten promised to reduce his opinion to writing, in view of the importance of tne case, but never found time to do so.
Decree affirmed.
*122As to a map or plat as eviden.ee of a dedication, see Ely v. Bates, 5 Wis. 467; Weisbrod v. C. & N. W. R. R. Co., 18 Wis. 35; Weisbrod v. C. & N. W. R. R. Co., 21 Wis. 607. Child v. Chappell, 9 N. Y. 257; 2 Smith’s Lead. Cases, 208, 222; Washburn on…
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