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JOHNSON v. HINDS COUNTY

No. 55897.

524 So.2d 947 (1988)

Ben L. JOHNSON and James P. Knight, Jr., et al. v. HINDS COUNTY, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Knight, Jr., Knight & Knight, Jackson, for appellant.

Natie P. Caraway, John D. Price, Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case is about an experienced real estate developer who thumbed his nose at the county's subdivision ordinance. Lots have been formed and sold and houses built. When county planning authorities objected and took him to court, the developer raised a myriad of obstructionist defenses and has simply said, "You didn't catch me in time."

The trial court ordered the developer to move heaven and earth to bring the...

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