Legal Opinion
GREENVILLE & MP & L. CO. v. Thomas
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1961No. 41898PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, C. J.
On January 21, 1910, the City of Greenville for a recited cash consideration of $4,950 acquired from the Delta Fair Association a deed of conveyance for 13.2 acres of land, and which deed contained a certain provision, the pertinent part of which is that the grantee was to hold, maintain and keep open the land for the purpose of a park. For several years and prior to 1950 the land has been known as the Greenway Park. The appellees, S. B. Thomas and others, own residential properties in the City of Greenville which abut the north side of the said park.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bernstein v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- City of Jacksonville v. Jacksonville Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
- City of Greenwood v. GwinMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
- Gandy v. Pub. Serv. Corp. of Miss.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Headley v. City of NorthfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. LumpkinMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- White v. Mississippi Power & Light CompanyMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
- Lancaster v. City of ColumbusDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
- Burnham v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
- City of Wilmington ex rel. Water Department v. LordSuperior Court of Delaware · 1975
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