Legal Opinion

BOARD OF M. & A. OF YAZOO CITY v. Wilson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1958No. 40603PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

232 Miss. 435 (1958)

99 So.2d 674

BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF YAZOO CITY

v.

WILSON.

No. 40603.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 13, 1958.

T.H. Campbell, Jr., Yazoo City, for appellants.

E.G. Cortright, Jr., Yazoo City, for appellees.

HALL, J.

On March 21, 1890, the Lintonia Land Company, being the sole owner of a large tract of land in Yazoo City, filed an official map according to law to Lintonia, an addition to Yazoo City, Mississippi. This map shows numerous streets, alleys and lots. It also shows a block of land 300 feet square which is marked "Public Park". Immediately south of this park…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Higginson v. Treasurer & School House CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  2. Mayor of Macon v. FranklinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  3. Spires v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
  4. City of Alton v. Illinois Transportation Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1850
  5. Melin v. Community Consolidated School District No. 76Illinois Supreme Court · 1924

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Nettleton Church of Christ v. ConwillMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  2. GREENVILLE & MP & L. CO. v. ThomasMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Lancaster v. City of ColumbusDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1971
  4. Alden v. LEWIS, EXR.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Reid v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962

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