Board of Supervisors v. Seal
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. S. Evans, Chancellor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The chancery court had no jurisdiction. The complainant had a complete remedy at law.
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Prom the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. S. Evans, Chancellor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The chancery court had no jurisdiction. The complainant had a complete remedy at law. Code 1880, §§ 826, 830 ; 54 Miss. 259. 2. This proceeding on the part of complainant, obtaining the deed from Soria, paying taxes, and claiming to be in possession of' the land in controversy, was a mere device to get a portion of Railroad street, a public highway that has been such for many years. To close it up now would be to deprive the public of the highway •enjoyed for many years,…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
About fifty years ago a company called “ The Mississippi City Company ” procured a body of land in Harrison county, lying on the Gulf of Mexico, and laid it off into streets, blocks, and public squares. According to the plan of the company this was to be the site of a great seaport city, and they gave to it the name of “ Mississippi City.” A plat was made and filed in the office of the clerk of that county, as we infer from references made to it in certain conveyances found in the record of this cause. A copy of that plat is in the record, and from it we learn that there were nearly three…
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