MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. TERRY

No. 47356.

288 So.2d 465 (1974)

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. George Norman TERRY et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Gunn, Eppes & Crenshaw, Meridian, for appellant.

Snow, Covington, Temple & Watts, Meridian, for appellees.


SMITH, Justice:

Eminent domain proceedings, out of which this appeal arose, were begun by Mississippi State Highway Commission in the County Court of Lauderdale County for the acquisition for right-of-way purposes of certain land owned by appellee, George Norman Terry (and others).

Following a bitterly contested trial, the jury returned a verdict fixing appellees' compensation and damages at $48,000 and judgment was entered accordingly. The Circuit Court affirmed...

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