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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