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TERRY v. LONG CREEK WATERSHED DRAINAGE DIST.

No. 51764.

380 So.2d 1270 (1980)

Walter TERRY et al. v. LONG CREEK WATERSHED DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fredrick B. Clark, Lexington, for appellants.

Thornton, Guyton, Dorrill & Pettit, George L. Dorrill, Kosciusko, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and COFER, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Condemnation of land for recreational purposes highlights this case appealed from the Chancery Court of Attala County. Long Creek Watershed Drainage District (Long Creek herein) petitioned the chancery court for authority under Mississippi Code Annotated § 51-29-39 (1972) to take certain privately owned lands. Walter Terry, et al. (landowners herein), owners of part of the land which Long Creek sought to have condemned, filed their...

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