LIGON v. INDIAN CK. DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 1

No. 42681.

247 Miss. 279 (1963)

156 So.2d 810

LIGON, EXECUTOR, ETC. v. INDIAN CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. ONE OF PANOLA, QUITMAN AND TUNICA COUNTIES, MISS., et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Stone & Sons, T.H. Freeland, III, Oxford; Ralph O. White, Batesville, for appellant.

McClure, Fant & McClure, Sardis, for appellee, Indian Creek Drainage District.

Threadgill & Hicks, Columbus, for appellee, Dewitt T. Hicks.


McGEHEE, C.J.

The Indian Creek Drainage District Number One of Panola, Quitman and Tunica Counties filed this suit in the Chancery Court of Panola County to obtain the approval by the court of an assessment for damages made by the commissioners of the District, and when the case was tried before the chancellor he increased the amount of damages assessed by the commissioners for an easement over a 56.24 acre tract of land belonging to the appellee Dewitt T. Hicks....

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