Board of Supervisors v. Olsen
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Grenada county. Hon. J. G. McGowen, Chancellor. Bill by A. Olsen against the Board of Supervisors of Grenada county. Prom a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, the defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Grenada county. Hon. J. G. McGowen, Chancellor. Bill by A. Olsen against the Board of Supervisors of Grenada county. Prom a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, the defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It is well settled that the board had full power to lay out this road which was conferred by section 170 of the Constitution of 1890, and that this authority cannot be taken away from them or interfered with by any other court, when properly and legally exercised. Strahan v. Board of Supervisors, Attala Co., 91 Miss.…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellee, A. Olsen, filed a bill of injunction against the board of supervisors of Grenada county to restrain the board from opening up a private road through the plantation8 of appellee, which road had been located and *892ordered opened up by an order of the board of supervisors. The bill in substance alleges: That the appellee is the owner in fee of the land through which the private road is to run. That he had previously by deed given to the county a strip of land to relocate the public road which had been changed froin its old location by order of the board. That in this deed to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1917
- Wolford v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- Strahan v. Attala CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1907