MISS. STATE HIGHWAY COMM. v. BAKER

No. 41935.

241 Miss. 738 (1961)

133 So.2d 277

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. BAKER et ux.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 2, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse W. Shanks, Purvis, for appellant.

William E. Andrews, Jr., Purvis; Edward J. Currie, Sr. & Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellees.


LEE, P.J.

This was a proceeding by the Mississippi State Highway Commission to condemn a right-of-way across the lands of J.O. Baker and Wife for Interstate Highway No. 59, a limited access highway. The jury in the eminent domain court fixed the damages at the sum of $11,000. On appeal by the Commission, the circuit court jury awarded $14,000. From the judgment entered thereon, the Commission appealed.

The Bakers owned 120 acres of land in a somewhat irregular...

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