Town of Clinton v. Turner

Citations

• 95 Miss. 594
• 52 So. 261

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Streets. Vocation. Compensation. Abutting owners.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, § 3336, conferring on municipalities power to vacate streets and alleys, and providing that a street shall not be closed except on due compensation being first made to abutting owners for all damages sustained thereby, one owning lands on a continuous street, although the north and south ends bore different names, forming a continuous way in front of said lands, and across a railroad right of way, is an “abutting owner,” and the municipality can not vacate the street, and permit the erection of a railroad depot therein, without first making compensation.</p>