Covington County v. Morris
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court of Covington County. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge; Action by S. Morris against Covington Qounty. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Covington County. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge; Action by S. Morris against Covington Qounty. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The complaint has heretofore been before this court, being presented by the declaration and demurrer in the cause entitled Morris v. Covington County, 80 So. 337, in which the court held that a declaration charging that the board of supervisors had adopted an order vacating and abandoning the public highway, and that the abandonment of the highway left the plaintiff without a way of ingress to and agress from his farm, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This case is here for the second time on appeal. See Morris v. Covington County, 118 Miss. 875, 80 So. 337. Morris, as an abutting landowner, sued the county for damages for vacating and abandoning a certain public road running through his farm near the town of Seminary. Upon the second trial in the lower court, the instant appellee, Morris, recovered judgment for damages against the county, from which this appeal is prosecuted.
The declaration alleges that the appellee presented his claim to the board of supervisors and it was disallowed, before filing suit. This allegation was made in…
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