FOSTER v. MISS. STATE HIGHWAY COMM.

No. 42244.

244 Miss. 57 (1962)

140 So.2d 267

FOSTER, et al. v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Owen, Columbus, for appellants.

Burgin & Gholson, Columbus, for appellee.


LEE, P.J.

The Mississippi State Highway Commission, by an eminent domain proceeding, sought to condemn 12.05 acres of land, as described in the petition, for the purpose of obtaining road building material, namely, fill dirt, for use on state highways. The right to the use of the property would not run beyond July 1, 1963.

Thomas Redmond Foster and others owned the tract of land. It was about five miles northwest...

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