Stigall v. Sharkey County

Tbe question for decision on this appeal is whether or not Sharkey County had jurisdiction of a certain road which was so constructed, as alleged in the bill, as to cause the overflow of the lands and damage to crops of complainants for the years of 1940, 1941 and 1942. The negligent and wrongful acts charged to the county were the filling up of an existing drainage canal and the construction of the road bed upon- that fill, and also the placing under this road, where it crosses another drainage canal, of culverts too small to carry the water.

On the first hearing a demurrer was sustained to…