MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. DUCKWORTH

No. 44587.

203 So.2d 591 (1967)

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. Mrs. Sylvia M. DUCKWORTH et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Keyes, Collins, for appellant.

Allred & Adams, Kervin & McIntosh, Collins, for appellees.


JONES, Justice:

This is an eminent domain proceeding from the Circuit Court of Covington County, which rendered a judgment of $50,000 for a right-of-way covering 15.26 acres over a tract comprising 98.34 acres. We are affirming the case, provided the appellee desires to enter a remittitur as hereafter provided. If she prefers to have another trial on the issue of damages and does not enter the remittitur, the case will be remanded for a new trial.

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