City of Jackson v. Greaves

Appellant, city of Jackson, sought by its bill filed in the chancery court of the First district of Hinds county to charge a lot owned by appellee, H. B. Greaves, on Bailey avenue, in the city of Jackson, with the cost expended by appellant in connecting appellee’s said premises with the city’s sewer and water mains.. The cause was tried on' bill, answer, and proofs, and a final decree rendered in favor of appellee, from which appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant paved Bailey avenue, one of its streets, under chapter 260, Laws of 1912 (Hemingway’s Code section 5941 to 5965, inclusive),…