Hillman, 010573 MSAGO, 1973-0004

• Case Date: January 05, 1973
• Court: Mississippi

Mr. Horton Hillman No. 1973-0004 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions January 5, 1973          Mr. Horton Hillman          Attorney          Board of Supervisors          Greene County          Leakesville, Mississippi           Dear Sir:          I am in receipt of your letter of December 28, 1972, requesting Opinion for the Board of Supervisors, Greene County, Mississippi, on the question, “Is it legal to build a public road by getting eleven (11) petitioners to sign to build the road and have the Board examine and o. k. the road as per statutes provided on a road that deadends to a private dwelling.” What we really need to know is, “Is it legal to build a road to a private dwelling if we follow the statutes in making it a public road and the road deadends at the private dwelling”., is acknowledged.          Sections 8314 and 8315, Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled, sets forth the requirements of...