Lester v. Mayor of Jackson

Citations

• 69 Miss. 887

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal Corporation. Devise to. Qitypmpose. Park; outside city limits.</p> <p>Under a devise “for a public park,” a municipal corporation may take and hold land convenient and accessible therefor, although it lies without the corporate limits, and the charter confers no express authority to own land outside.</p> <p>2. Same. Qity purpose. Sight of ownership.</p> <p>In such case, the gift is none the less for a city purpose, because the land, not being within the corporate limits, the city cannot exercise its sovereignty over it.' It still has the rights and powers that pertain to ownership.</p>