Adams v. City of Vicksburg

Citations

• 124 Miss. 369
• 86 So. 855

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain. Owner petitioning for change of grade estopped, to claim damages.</p> <p>Where an abutting property owner by petition requests the city “to grade the street to proper lines and grades,” and the city so grades it properly, without objection, the owner is estopped from claiming damages, because the request authorizes a change of grade, if proper to do so, and the owner waives his right to damages.</p>