STATE HIGHWAY COMM. v. RATCLIFFE

No. 43318.

251 Miss. 785 (1965)

171 So.2d 356

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. RATCLIFFE, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.M. Travis, Heidelberg, for appellant.

McFarland & McFarland, Bay Springs, for appellees.


GILLESPIE, J.

This is an appeal by the Mississippi State Highway Commission from a judgment awarding damages for the taking of a parcel of land for right of way purposes in an eminent domain proceeding.

Appellees, herein called Landowners, own 154 acres of land in Jasper County. The Commission condemned 17 acres near the eastern edge of the 154 acre tract, leaving 3.05 acres isolated on the east side of the right of way. Landowners do not live on the land...

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