Legal Opinion
Hobson v. City of Vicksburg
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided June 8, 2004No. 2003-CA-00216-COAPublished
1Opinion of the Court
KING, C.J., for the Court.
¶ 1. James D. Hobson, Jr. and Joseph G. Strickland own property located at 400 Fairground Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi. On January 11, 2002, they filed suit against the City of Vicksburg in the Special Court of Eminent Domain of Warren County, seeking damages for the City’s failure to seek enforcement of the 1895 contract between the City and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company (predecessor in interest to Kansas City Southern Railway) to maintain the Fairground Street bridge.
¶ 2. The Fairground Street bridge was closed by order of the mayor and board…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gilich v. State Highway Com'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Simmons v. Mississippi Transp. Com'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- Hobson v. City of VicksburgCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003
- MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COM'N v. VaugheyMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
- Taylor v. County of CopiahDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1994