His Highness Maharaja Man Singh of Sewai Jaipur v Arjun Lal and Others In the United Provinces all public streets are vested in the municipality by statute. The Municipal Board sanctioned the erection of a portico resting upon pillars standing on the footpath. The plaintiff, who was, subject to the statutory rights of the municipality, the owner of the soil of the highway, claimed a mandatory injunction ordering its demolition and damages, basing his action upon a trespass to his property in the land