Forbes v. City of Meridian
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Kobebt F. Cochran, Judge. Forbes and others, appellants, who opposed the extension of the limits of the city of Meridian, were treated without objection as being plaintiffs in the court below, and the city of Meridian accepted there the position of a defendant.
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Feom the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Kobebt F. Cochran, Judge. Forbes and others, appellants, who opposed the extension of the limits of the city of Meridian, were treated without objection as being plaintiffs in the court below, and the city of Meridian accepted there the position of a defendant. From a judgment in the city’s favor Forbes and others appealed to the supreme court. [See Jaclcson v. Whiting, 84 Miss., 163, where under like conditions the city of Jackson was treated as plaintiff and her tender of issue as a plaintiff maintained by the supreme court.] The municipal…
1Opinion of the CourtTrudy, J.
In passing upon the question of whether an ordinance making an extension of the limits of a municipality be reasonable, the jury must consider the proposed extension as an entirety. The question is not whether each and every portion of the territory included in the proposed extension should or should not, if considered separately, of and by itself, have been included, but whether the action of the authorities, in view of the conditions confronting the municipality at the time of the adoption of the ordinance of extension, should be sustained. Nor is the question of the return of revenue which…
2Cited by46 opinions
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- Bassett v. Town of TaylorsvilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Matter of Boundaries of City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Matter of Extension of Boundaries of ColumbusMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- In Re Extension of Boundaries of City of RidgelandMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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