City of Vicksburg v. Robinson

Citations

• 113 Miss. 687
• 74 So. 617

Syllabus

<p>1. Mtt^totpat. Corporations. Construction of sidewalks. Material. ‘‘Stone.’’ “Concrete.”</p> <p>Under a city charter conferring power to provide for building of walks with stone, brick or wood, walks may be ordered built of “concrete,” composed of gravel, Portland cement, and sand, since such material when laid and dried and hardened become equal'in hardness and duration to natural stone, and may properly be classed as stone within the meaning of the charter.</p> <p>2. Municipal Corpoeations. Sidewalks. Requiring owner to grade.</p> <p>Under a city charter conferring general powers to provide for the construction of sidewalks and providing that before any person shall be required to lay a sidewalk, the city shall first establish a proper grade, the city has no power to require an abutting owner to fill in and raise the sidewalk at his own expense to the level of a paved street before laying the sidewalk.</p>