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COLUMBUS & GREENVILLE RY. CO. v. CITY OF GREENWOOD

No. 52213.

390 So.2d 588 (1980)

The COLUMBUS & GREENVILLE RAILWAY CO., a Mississippi Corporation; and Loraine Craig, Ann Craig Milner, Mary Norman Craig Brown, and Carol Craig Catlett v. The CITY OF GREENWOOD.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold F. Gwin, Lott, Sanders & Gwin, Greenwood, Threadgill, Smith, Sanders & Jolly, Columbus, for appellants.

H.D. Brock, W.M. Whittington, Jr., Whittington, Brock, Swayze, Dale & Calhoun, Greenwood, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and WALKER and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Whether a handwritten conveyance containing language "for railway track and depot" purposes vested fee simple title in the railroad or reserved a transferrable, compensable interest in the grantors is the chief issue of this suit appealed from a Special Court of Eminent Domain of LeFlore County, wherein the City of Greenwood condemned 2.58 acres of the disputed land. Defendants to the city...

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