Howard v. City of Jackson

Citations

• 92 Miss. 720
• 47 So. 379

Syllabus

<p>City or Jackson. Pearl river bridge. Defects in. Streams separating counties. Statutes applicable.</p> <p>Tke city of Jackson is not liable for injuries resulting from defects in the bridge over Pearl river, separating the city and Hinds county, on the west, fj-om Rankin county, on the east, although the injury was inflicted on that part of the bridge within the city limits. Laws 1870, pp. 561-563; Laws 1874, pp. 256-258; Laws 1833, p. 15, § 27; Hutchinson’s Code, p. 254, §§ 27, 28; Code 1857, p. 178, art. 38; Code 1871, § 2374; Code 1880, § 868; Code Í892, § 3937; Code 1906, § 4449.</p>