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STATE HIGHWAY COMM. v. LADNER

No. 42190.

243 Miss. 278 (1962)

137 So.2d 781

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. LADNER

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 12, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tate Thigpen, G.B. Keaton, Picayune; Matthew Harper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

Morse & Morse, Poplarville, for appellees.

GILLESPIE, J.

This is an appeal by Mississippi State Highway Commission from a judgment in an eminent domain proceeding. The jury in the special court of eminent domain returned a verdict for $18,000. The Mississippi State Highway Commission appealed to circuit court where the jury returned a verdict for $23,000 damages. The Commission appealed to this Court.

Appellee, Oscar Buren Ladner, owns 140 acres of land in...

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