Penrice v. Wallis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington county, chancellor. Hon. J. S. Yerger On the 4th day of February, A. D. 1859, the appellant filed his hill in the court below, in which he alleged that he was the owner of lot No. 1, in Section No. 9, in Township 18, Range 8 west, on which the town of Greenville is situated; that said lot is embraced in Levee District No. 3, in Washington county; that the defendants, acting as levee commissioners, under appointment from the hoard…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington county, chancellor. Hon. J. S. Yerger On the 4th day of February, A. D. 1859, the appellant filed his hill in the court below, in which he alleged that he was the owner of lot No. 1, in Section No. 9, in Township 18, Range 8 west, on which the town of Greenville is situated; that said lot is embraced in Levee District No. 3, in Washington county; that the defendants, acting as levee commissioners, under appointment from the hoard of police of that county, have located a route for a new levee on his said land; that the old levee runs in front of…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The plaintiff in error filed his bill in the Chancery Court of 'Washington county, praying an injunction against the erection of a levee across his premises, until compensation should be made to him for taking and applying his property to the public use, and for other reasons not necessary to be noticed here.
The injunction was granted on the'4th February, 1859. On the 26th February, 1859, defendants filed their answer, in which, among other things, it is stated,' that since the filing of said bill (on the 21st February, 1859), the board of police for said county ordered the sheriff to summon…
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