Legal Opinion

Burnham v. City of Jackson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 1980No. 51672PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

379 So.2d 931 (1980)

Chester K. BURNHAM

v.

CITY OF JACKSON, Mississippi.

No. 51672.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 13, 1980.

Watkins & Eager, Clifford B. Ammons, James A. Becker, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

John E. Stone, Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and SUGG and BOWLING, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Chester K. Burnham appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County dismissing his bill in which he sought to remove as a cloud upon his title the claim of the City of Jackson to be the owner of certain real estate.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. NeighborsMississippi Supreme Court · 1875
  2. McCullough v. Swifton Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
  3. Humphreys v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  4. Board of Supervisors v. NewellMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  5. GREENVILLE & MP & L. CO. v. ThomasMississippi Supreme Court · 1961

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Griggs v. Driftwood Landing, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
  2. Redden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
  3. Conservatorship of the Estate of Moor ex rel. Moor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
  4. Pearson v. City of LouisvilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Sones v. Sones Chapel Baptist Church ex rel. v. LumpkinCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007

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