Jones v. Board of Mississippi Levee Com'rs
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. M. E. Denton, Chancellor. Proceedings by W. S. Jones, against the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners to recover damages for land taken for public use. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the petition, petitioner appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. M. E. Denton, Chancellor. Proceedings by W. S. Jones, against the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners to recover damages for land taken for public use. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the petition, petitioner appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We contend that the cutting of the outer or old levee being necessary for the protection of the inner levee, that the cutting of the outer levee and turning in the waters of the Mississippi river on the lands of appellant and. the homes of the people within…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The record in this case is as follows, viz.:
“State of Mississippi, Bolivar County, First Judicial District.
“In Circuit Court.
“To the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Said County: The petition of W. S. Jones respectfully represents: That he is the owner of a tract of land embracing eighty *153acres in section 22, township 23, range 8 west, in said county; that said land is embraced between the old levee and the new Eiverton Loop levee; that prior to April 11, 1912, the said land was fully protected from the overflow water of the Mississippi river, 'and was valuable farm land; that, on the said 11th…
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