PAULK v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF TUPELO

No. 44543.

204 So.2d 153 (1967)

Joyce PAULK, Appellant, v. The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF TUPELO, Mississippi, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.G. Fant, Jr., Holly Springs, John P. Fox, Houston, for appellant.

Lumpkin, Holland & Ray, Tupelo, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee County awarding appellant, Joyce Paulk, $12,000 compensation for land taken in condemnation proceedings by appellee, Housing Authority of the City of Tupelo.

We are concerned here with two lots located in Tupelo, Mississippi, in an area commonly known as "Shakerag," a slum area which is now being transformed for commercial use. By resolution of August 5, 1958, the Housing Authority...

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