City of Jackson v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
JProm: tbe chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell,. Chancellor. The city of Jackson, appellant, was complainant in the court helow; Mrs. Williams and many others were defendants there. 'The object of the suit was to enjoin defendants from prosecuting their several suits at law against the city for damages alleged to have been done their respective lots on South State ■street by the city’s construction of a sidewalk on the west side “thereof,…
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JProm: tbe chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. G. Garland Lyell,. Chancellor. The city of Jackson, appellant, was complainant in the court helow; Mrs. Williams and many others were defendants there. 'The object of the suit was to enjoin defendants from prosecuting their several suits at law against the city for damages alleged to have been done their respective lots on South State ■street by the city’s construction of a sidewalk on the west side “thereof, and to charge the respective lots with the cost of the .sidewalk in front of it. The defendants recognized the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
The mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Jackson or- ' dered the property owners living on South State street to construct certain sidewalks between certain streets, designated in the ordinance. The property owners along the street designated, failing to make the proposed improvement as required by the ordinance, the city constructed the walks, raising the grade of the street at certain points, lowering it at others, and widening the street in certain other places. After this was done, *313Lula B. Williams and the other defendants instituted their several suits in the circuit court,…
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