MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. CROOKS

No. 47184.

282 So.2d 232 (1973)

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. Mrs. Saramel R. CROOKS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bourdeaux & Jones, Meridian, for appellant.

Adams & Odom, James T. Singley, Meridian, for appellee.


WALKER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the County Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, sitting as a special court of eminent domain, wherein appellee landowner was awarded $93,500 as damages resulting from the taking of 21.91 acres (18.76 acres in fee, 3.09 acres as permanent drainage easements and 0.06 of an acre as a temporary easement) out of a total tract of land consisting of 196.32 acres.

The total acreage is bisected by Tom Bailey Drive with 57...

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