GALE, ET AL. v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISS., ET AL.

No. 41500.

238 Miss. 826 (1960)

120 So.2d 550

GALE, et al. v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISS., et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, Daniel & Coker, Jackson, for appellants.

E.W. Stennett, W.T. Neely, Ralph B. Avery, Jackson, for appellees.


McGEHEE, C.J.

On September 15, 1942 the Secretary of War of the United States, Henry L. Stimson, filed a petition for the condemnation of the fee simple title to 26.92 acres of land in the City of Jackson to provide for the expansion of a military airfield, and for other military uses pertaining thereto.

The petition for condemnation recited that the estate to be taken for said public uses "is the full fee simple...

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