Oliver v. City of Macon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. J. F. McCool, Chancellor. Bill by the City of Macon against Mrs. S. M. Oliver and another. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. J. F. McCool, Chancellor. Bill by the City of Macon against Mrs. S. M. Oliver and another. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Macon, a municipality which operated under chapter 99 of the Code of 1906, passed an ordinance designating the manner of laying sidewalks and constructing curbs and making the cost of same a lien upon the property of the abutting owners, and thereafter ordered sidewalks laid along certain streets, in front of the property of a large number of owners,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This case does not come within the rule announced in the case of Robinson v. Vicksburg, 99 Miss. 439, 54 So. *352858, as there is a marked difference in the facts, hut this case is controlled by the decision in City of Meridian v. H. P. Hudson, No. 17750, 71 So. 574, handed down by Justice Sykes of this court on April 24, 1916.
Affirmed.
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- Robinson v. Mayor of VicksburgMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- City of Meridian v. HudsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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- Adams v. City of VicksburgMississippi Supreme Court · 1920