Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. E. D. Dinkins, Judge. Suit by T. G-. Jones against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff defendant appeals. The facts are. fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars in favor of appellee and against appellant for damages to his land and crops grown thereon because of the' obstruction by appellant of natural drains and surface water, resulting in an annual spring overflow by water of appellee’s land.
The declaration alleges, in . substance, that appellee is the owner of a large and valuable plantation on the Tallahatchie river, about a mile and a half from appellant’s roadbed, which roadbed obstructs the bayous, sloughs, etc., by which appellee’s land is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nashville v. ComarTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Mississippi Mills Co. v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
- Bare v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Cantrell v. LuskMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by1 opinion
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. JamesMississippi Supreme Court · 1918