Mississippi Supreme Court October 15, 1879 (Town of Macon v. Patty)

George, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Macon passed an ordinance in September, 1873, by which they required every owner or claimant of a lot fronting any public street in said town, to make a sidewalk of certain specified dimensions along the whole of his property, and to keep the same in repair, when required to do so by a resolution of