MISS. ST. HWY. COMM. v. VALENTINE

No. 41569.

239 Miss. 890 (1960)

124 So.2d 690

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. VALENTINE, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 21, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beard, Pack & Ratcliff, Laurel, for appellant.

George D. Maxey, E.K. Collins, Laurel, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellant, State Highway Commission, filed in the County Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi, a petition to condemn for highway purposes a twenty acre strip of land through the Valentines' cattle farm. The jury in the county court rendered a verdict for the Valentines of $32,000. The Commission appealed to the circuit court, where the jury's verdict was $28,500. The Commission contends...

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