MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. LEGGETT

No. 43957.

186 So.2d 255 (1966)

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. Homer LEGGETT et ux.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stratton & Jones, Brookhaven, for appellant.

Allen & Patterson, Brookhaven, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice:

The Mississippi State Highway Commission has appealed from a judgment for $17,000 entered by the Circuit Court of Lincoln County pursuant to a jury award in that amount made to Homer Leggett and his wife, Mabel Leggett, appellees, as compensation and damages for the taking for highway purposes of 13.04 acres of land.

Appellees' property, of which 13.04 acres is being taken, consists of 241 acres of farm and pasture land located about 1 1/2...

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