Sparks v. City of Jackson

Citations

• 118 Miss. 502
• 79 So. 67

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal Corpobations. Street paving. Notice to owner to elect.</p> <p>In a suit by a city for the cost of street paving, against an abutting owner, where there was no evidence showing that such owner intended to pave at his own expense, he cannot complain that the notice requiring him to elect as to whether he would do the paving himself, or the city would do it at his expense, was for a shorter period than required by law.</p> <p>2. Evidence. Judicial notice. Benefit ’from street paving.</p> <p>The court cannot judicially know that abutting property will not be benefitted by paving the part of a street not occupied by a street railroad in front of such property.</p>