Jackson v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co.
Citations
- 120 Miss. 149
- 81 So. 796
Syllabus
<p>1. Hishway. Changing public road. Liability of county.</p> <p>Where a highway was a means of ingress and' egress to and' from a plantation to market, the county is liable for damages to the owner for so changing the public road as to deny him such ingress and egress to his plantation without notice and compensation.</p> <p>2. Kahjroads. Plantation crossing.</p> <p>The statute requiring railroads to establish and maintain plantation crossing does not apply to one whose land is not entered by the track, although it be in the same inclosure with those of another which was entered.</p>
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