Kemper County v. Neville
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the Chancery court of Kemper county. Hon. James F. McOool, Chancellor. Mrs. Neville, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Kemper County was defendant there. From a decree in complainant’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The appellee moved a dismissal of the appeal. The facts of the case and the grounds of the motion are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the Chancery court of Kemper county. Hon. James F. McOool, Chancellor. Mrs. Neville, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Kemper County was defendant there. From a decree in complainant’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The appellee moved a dismissal of the appeal. The facts of the case and the grounds of the motion are stated in the opinion of the court. This appeal should be dismissed, because the contention of appellant thereon is consistent with its proceedings after the rendition of the decree appealed from, and appellant is estopped to appeal from the…
1Opinion of the Court
Watkins,* Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Maria K. Giles, the mother of the appellee, owned a large tract of land in Kemper county, Miss., which, at her death, descended to the appellee, who now owns the same. In the year 1887, during the lifetime of Mrs. Giles, the board of supervisors of Kemper county opened up a public road through the pasture land of Mrs. Giles. The road is said to extend about a mile through the land in question. Since the opening up of this road gates have been maintained by Mrs. Giles, and after her death by the appellee, where the public road enters…
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