Carmichael v. City of Greenville
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Suit by B. B. Carmichael against the city of Green-ville. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. F. E. Everett, Judge. Suit by B. B. Carmichael against the city of Green-ville. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It will first be necessary to discover whether the contention of appellant, plaintiff below, that the city had no right to impose an additional penalty of one dollar and two dollars over and above the usual water rates, is correct, then whether or not after all (these sums were tendered, the appellee had a right to refuse appellant a supply of water. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPottee, J.
The plaintiff in this case., B. B. Carmichael, brought .suit against the city of Greenville, and charged in his declaration that on and before the 22d day of March, 1909, the defendant municipality owned and operated a public waterworks system for hire and reward, and that in the year 1909 the said defendant purchased and equipped a public park situated about one-hálf mile south of the corporate limits of the city of Greenville, and that B. B. Carmichael, John K. Archer, B. B. McMahon., and Mrs. Sallie Wortham owned a large tract of land situated between the corporate limits of said city and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ford v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1912
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