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MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY v. LEGGETT

No. 44310.

197 So.2d 475 (1967)

MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY, a Corporation v. T. Ford LEGGETT, Jr., and Wife, Shirley W. Leggett.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 3, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Cottrell, Galloway & Lang, Gulfport, Deavours & Hilbun, Laurel, for appellant.

Boyd, Holifield & Harper, Laurel, for appellees.

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal by the Mississippi Power Company from a permanent writ of prohibition issued by the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit Court District of Jones County, Mississippi, prohibiting appellant from cutting and keeping clear any and all "danger trees" adjacent to a 125 foot strip of land sought to be acquired as an easement for right-of-way purposes across appellees' land. The pertinent facts are as follows.

Appellees are the owners...

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