MISSISSIPPI ST. HWY. COM'N v. ROBERTS ENT., INC.

No. 48366.

304 So.2d 637 (1974)

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. ROBERTS ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Oscar Mackey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Heber Ladner, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Guy, Dowdy & Smith, McComb, for appellees.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

The Mississippi State Highway Commission appeals from a decree entered in the Chancery Court of Pike County declaring the Outdoor Advertising Act, Mississippi Code Annotated sections 49-23-1 through 49-23-29 (1972), to be unconstitutional. We reverse.

The following are the facts of this case. Roberts Enterprises, Inc., was the owner of two billboards which were leased to West Quality Food Service, Inc. The billboards were erected...

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