PAT HARRISON WATERWAY DISTRICT v. COOLEY

No. 47137.

278 So.2d 416 (1973)

PAT HARRISON WATERWAY DISTRICT v. W.D. COOLEY et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Pittman & Pittman, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Stanford Young, Waynesboro, for appellees.


INZER, Justice:

This proceeding was instituted in the Circuit Court of Wayne County by Pat Harrison Waterway District against W.D. Cooley, Minnie M. Cooley, and Edward L. Cooley seeking to condemn a flood easement to nine and five-tenths acres of land located in Wayne County.

A trial was had and the jury after hearing the evidence and viewing the premises fixed the landowner's damages at $10,000. A judgment was entered accordingly and from this judgment the...

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