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HEMPHILL v. MISS. STATE HIGHWAY COMM.

No. 42348.

245 Miss. 33 (1962)

145 So.2d 455

HEMPHILL, et al. v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 8, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman C. Brewer, Jr., Greenwood, for appellants.

Maurice R. Black, Carrollton, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

(Hn 1) This case concerns an executory interest in land, following a defeasible fee, but to shift to named takers only upon an uncertain event. The principal questions are whether the owners of this estate have a compensable interest in lands taken and allegedly damaged by the State Highway Commission for highway purposes, and whether and how such an interest is capable of evaluation. We hold that...

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