City of Meridian v. Poole
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Lauderdale county. IIon. James L. McCaskill, Chancellor. Mrs. Poole, the ajipellee, was complainant in the court below; the city of Meridian, the appellant, was defendant there. Prom a decree in complainant’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Prom the chancery court of Lauderdale county. IIon. James L. McCaskill, Chancellor. Mrs. Poole, the ajipellee, was complainant in the court below; the city of Meridian, the appellant, was defendant there. Prom a decree in complainant’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The street in question is known as Pacific street, and extends along the most southern boundary of the triangle of land designated on the plat, page 109, as “A, B, C.” The case of Briel v. Natchez, 48 Miss., 435, lays down the rule so clearly that this…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The bill in this case ivas filed by Mrs. Ehoda Poole to enjoin the city of Meridian from entering upon and attempting to use as a street a-certain piece of land claimed by Mrs. Poole to be her property. She deraigned her title from a deed made by J. W. ITarvey and wife to C. O. Chalk, who was then the *112husband of Mrs. Poole, she having afterwards intermarried with Mr. E. P. Poole. The deed from ITarvey and wife was executed March 3, 1886. The amended answer denies the allegations of tho bill and asserts that the property in dispute had been dedicated as a street of the city of Meridian, first…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Briel v. City of NatchezMississippi Supreme Court · 1873
- Sanford v. Mayor of MeridianMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
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