Caldwell v. George

Citations

• 96 Miss. 484
• 50 So. 631

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Streets. Sidewalks. Obstructions. Permits by municipality to maintain. Abutting owners. Injunctions.</p> <p>Streets and sidewalks are for the use of the public throughout their full length and width, therefore:—</p> <p>(a) A city, in the absence of legislative authority, cannot permit a permanent obstruction of a sidewalk; and</p> <p>.(b) The owners of land adjacent to such an obstruction who suffer special and peculiar damage, different from that suffered by the general public, may enjoin its maintenance, although the municipality has undertaken to permit it.</p>