GREENVILLE & M.P. & L. CO. v. THOMAS

No. 41898.

241 Miss. 633 (1961)

131 So.2d 659

CITY COUNCIL OF GREENVILLE AND MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. THOMAS et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bogen, Wilkes & McGough, Greenville, for appellant, City Council of Greenville.

Green, Green & Cheney, Byrd, Wise & Smith, Jackson; Farish, Keady & Campbell, Greenville, for appellant, Mississippi Power & Light Company.

Wroten, Orlansky & Miller, J. Robertshaw, Greenville, for appellees.


McGEHEE, C.J.

On January 21, 1910, the City of Greenville for a recited cash consideration of $4,950 acquired from the Delta Fair Association a deed of conveyance for 13.2 acres of land, and which deed contained a certain provision, the pertinent part of which is that the grantee was to hold, maintain and keep open the land for the purpose of a park. For several years and prior to 1950 the land has been known as the Greenway...

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