Robinson v. Mayor of Vicksburg
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. Suit by Barton J. Robinson against the City of Vicksburg. From a judgment for plaintiff he appeals and the city prosecutes a cross appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court refused appellant instruction No. 13 directing the jury to find for the plaintiff, and submitted the question of liability to the jury. We submit that this was error under the facts in this case.
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Appeal from circuit court of Warren county. Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. Suit by Barton J. Robinson against the City of Vicksburg. From a judgment for plaintiff he appeals and the city prosecutes a cross appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court refused appellant instruction No. 13 directing the jury to find for the plaintiff, and submitted the question of liability to the jury. We submit that this was error under the facts in this case. There was no conflict in the testimony with reference to the raise of the grade of the street, and there was no testimony in…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The appellant, Robinson, sued the appellee, city of Vicksburg,' for damages alleged to have been done his lot and building on Mulberry street, in said city, by the appellee, in raising the-grade of said street on the side next to said lot, and recovered judgment for eight hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-five cents, from which he prosecutes this appeal, and the appellee a cross-appeal
The appellant bought his lot- on Mulberry and Clay streets in 1901, on which he soon thereafter constructed a machine, shop, and which he continued to use and operate up to the time of the bringing of this…
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