JACKSON CO. DEV., INC. v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HWY. COM'N

No. 46664.

262 So.2d 416 (1972)

JACKSON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megehee & Brown, Pascagoula, for defendants-appellants.

Robert H. Oswald, Pascagoula, for plaintiff-appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Mississippi State Highway Commission (Commission) filed a petition against Jackson County Development, Inc., (Landowner) in the County Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, condemning 9.12 acres of land for highway purposes. The jury awarded landowner $21,000 damages. Landowner appealed to the circuit court where the judgment of the county court was affirmed. Landowner appealed to this Court.

Landowner's entire tract consists of 34...

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