Wright v. City of Monticello

Ray Thornton, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether the City of Monticello can extinguish a private right-of-way providing Opal Wright a means of ingress and egress to her property by use of a dedicated city street by abandonment or vacation of the street and conveyance of the property to the landowners flanking the street. The chancellor (1) recognized Ms. Wright’s property interest in her right-of-way through the street, but concluded that the property rights were subordinate to the City of Monticello’s right to control and regulate the use of public streets; (2) dissolved an…