Town of Como v. Pointer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Panola county. IIon. Julian 0. Wilson, Chancellor. The town of Como, the appellant, was the complainant in the court below; Pointer and others, the appellees, were defendants there. Prom a decree in favor of defendants the complainant appealed to the supreme court.
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Prom the chancery court of Panola county. IIon. Julian 0. Wilson, Chancellor. The town of Como, the appellant, was the complainant in the court below; Pointer and others, the appellees, were defendants there. Prom a decree in favor of defendants the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The case was heard on the pleadings and evidence, and the chancellor rendered a decree and filed an opinion, setting forth the facts of the case, as follows: “In May, 1854, the land on which the town of Como is now located belonged to George G. Tait. He deeded one hundred feet through the place to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Truly, J\,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The lucid and forceful opinion of the chancellor set out in this record is to our minds unanswerable that there was no dedication of the twenty-foot strip involved herein to the public as a street. This conclusion is irresistible in view of the fact that the land in question was never included in any plat prepared or authorized by the owners by which streets were dedicated or lots sold. The original map referred to, it is conceded, did not embrace the land here in question, and was prepared before there was any incorporation of the municipality.
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