Shoemaker v. Coleman
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. James L. MoCaskill, Chancellor. Coleman, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Shoemaker, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree in complainant’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. The bill alleged that complainant was the owner in fee simple of the property described and alleged to be damaged.
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From the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. James L. MoCaskill, Chancellor. Coleman, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Shoemaker, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree in complainant’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. The bill alleged that complainant was the owner in fee simple of the property described and alleged to be damaged. This was certainly an essential averment and a vital part of complainant’s case. This allegation was denied, and, it devolved on the complainant to sustain the allegation…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiteield, C. J.
This bill was filed by appellee against the appellant, setting out that appellant had placed certain obstructions in A street and Seventeenth avenue, in the city of Meridian—he owned a lot fronting on Seventeenth avenue on the east and for one hundred feet on A street on the south—causing him great damage peculiar to himself, in that ingress to and egress from his property was greatly interfered with, and in that the value of his said property was greatly depreciated by reason of said obstructions. The prayer was that the court, upon final hearing, should enter a decree compelling the…
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