Lowndes County ex rel. Board of Supervisors v. McClanahan

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted to close a stretch of Co-Op Road, a paved county road near Columbus, Mississippi. A group of residents and landowners objected, contending that the road had provided the primary access to their properties and that the alternative access was too narrow.

¶ 2. On appeal, the circuit court found that the published notice of the hearing for the road closure had been insufficient. We conclude that the residents failed to take a timely appeal from the Board’s resolution. Because a timely appeal is jurisdictional, we vacate the…