Stegall v. City of Jackson

McGrEHEE, C; J.

Iii. 1956, the appellants, Troy Stegall and his Son, Shelby D. Stegall, were the owners of certain parcels or tracts of land situated to the south and west of the corporate limits of the City of Jackson. They desired to sell lots and build houses in this area as the same were developed for residential purposes. In this area the FHA would not approve loans where septic tanks were used because the soil would not pass the percolation test required by the Federal Housing Administration and the State Board of Health.

During that year the Stegalls began the gradual construction of a…