Crawford v. Town of D'Lo
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. H. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit by Miss Emma Crawford against tbe town of D’Lo. From a, judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe demurrer is on tbe theory that tbe town cannot be’rendered liable for the torts of its officers or agents.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. H. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit by Miss Emma Crawford against tbe town of D’Lo. From a, judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe demurrer is on tbe theory that tbe town cannot be’rendered liable for the torts of its officers or agents. This is not , tbe case where plaintiff seeks to bold liable a municipal corporation for tbe acts .of its agents or officers, except where such acts are wilful, and ratified by. Such' corporation. Tlie declaration charges that the pen was built by the…
1Opinion of the CourtEthbidgb, J.
Miss Emma Crawford files suit against the town of D’Lo, alleging that she was the owner of a place in the town of D’Lo, and that the municipality of D’Lo in March, 1917, through its hoard of mayor and aider-men, passed an ordinance preventing swine or hogs from running at large, and soon thereafter built a small pen or pound within the corporate limits of said municipality and about twelve feet from the residence of the plaintiff, on a small plot of ground owned by the municipality, over the protest of the plaintiff, and that in March, 1917, the officers of said municipality impounded a hog…
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