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WARD v. CITY OF JACKSON

No. 47036.

266 So.2d 910 (1972)

Hugh G. WARD et al. v. CITY OF JACKSON et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox & Dunn, Ltd., William H. Cox, Jr., Albert Dickens, Jr., Jackson, for appellants.

Youngblood & Selph, John E. Stone, Edgar D. Ingels, III, Jackson, for appellees.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Hugh G. Ward and several other citizens filed suit in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, against the City of Jackson (City) and William K. Martinson (Lessee) praying for a decree cancelling a lease on certain lands owned by the City wherein William K. Martinson is lessee, and enjoining the City from using said property for anything other than public purposes. The question is whether property, title to which was vested gratuitously...

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