Jackson v. Monroe County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. C. P. Long, Judge. Action by Jesse Jackson against Monroe County. From the judgment, plaintiff appeals. This case is appealed because this court in the case of Morris v. Covington County, 118 Miss. 875, justifies the appeal.
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Appeal from circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. C. P. Long, Judge. Action by Jesse Jackson against Monroe County. From the judgment, plaintiff appeals. This case is appealed because this court in the case of Morris v. Covington County, 118 Miss. 875, justifies the appeal. This court in the case of Jackson v. R. R. Go., 120 Miss. 149, and in the case of Jackson v. Monroe County, 120 Miss. 125, had an opportunity to modify the law announced in the case of Morris v. Covington Cou-nty, supra, reannounced the law as folloAvs, to-wit: The vacation of a county road by a county Avhich deprives an…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This is a suit by Jesse Jackson against Monroe county to- recover damages on account of the county having abandoned a public highway upon which his land abutted, thereby obstructing his ingress and egress thereto. The case went to the jury upon the theory that the abutting owner *270could recover from the county such damages only as resulted from the depreciation of the value of the abutting land. The jury was instructed, at the instance of appellant to find for at least nominal damages, and also such other damages on account of the decreased value of the land occasioned by the abandonment of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Morris v. Covington CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
- Sullivan v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
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