Nugent v. City of Jackson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the chancery court, of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. H. O. Conn, Chancellor. Appellants are seized and possessed as joint tenants of the south half of two-acre lot five, north, in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, the. same being- occupied by them as a residence. The lot fronts on State street, on the east, one hundred and sixty feet, and runs back west three hundred and twenty feet to President street, being bounded on the south by High street.
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Feom the chancery court, of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. H. O. Conn, Chancellor. Appellants are seized and possessed as joint tenants of the south half of two-acre lot five, north, in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, the. same being- occupied by them as a residence. The lot fronts on State street, on the east, one hundred and sixty feet, and runs back west three hundred and twenty feet to President street, being bounded on the south by High street. On June 7, 1893, the mayor and board of aldermen of said city of Jackson passed the following ordinance: “Section 1. Be it ordained…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
Sections 2925, 2957, inclusive, code 1892, contain a specific enumeration of powers, thirty-two in number, conferred on each municipal corporation governed by the provisions of chap*1050ter 93 of said code, on municipalities. Among these powers is the one conferred by § 2914, which provides that the mayor and board of aldermen of each municipality shall have power “to cause to be constructed and maintained sidewalks, determine the materials, plans and specifications and grades of the same, and to levy and collect taxes, by special assessment, for the payment of the same.” This section confers the…
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