Legal Opinion

Bogue Hasty Drainage District v. Napenee Plantation Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1918PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Proceeding by the Bogue Hasty Drainage District against the Napenee Plantation Company. From an order of the chancellor awarding the latter damages, the former appeals, on motion by the plantation company the case was docketed and dismissed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

This is a motion to docket and dismiss, one of the grounds of which is that no appeal lies from the order of the chancellor complained of. Appellant hav*494ing appropriated for drainage purposes land owned by appellee, tlie drainage commissioners appraised tlie same and the damage resulting to appellee from the taking thereof as provided by section 1, c. 270, Laws of 1914 (section 4280 of Hemingway’s Code), and reported that the taking of the land had resulted in no damage to appellee. Whereupon appellee interposed an objection to the appraisement, and on the hearing thereof by the chancellor an…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sanford v. Board of Sup'rs, Covington CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Clark v. StrongMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Costas v. Board of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Equen v. ArterburyMississippi Supreme Court · 1919

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