STATE HIGHWAY COM'N OF MISS. v. HAVARD

No. 56512.

508 So.2d 1099 (1987)

STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI v. Gladys Cooley HAVARD and David E. Havard.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl A. Hurt, Hurt & Hurt, Lucedale, for appellant.

Michael V. Ratliff, Ingram, Matthews & Stroud, Hattiesburg, for appellees.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This is a highway right-of-way eminent domain case. The condemning authority appeals and presents issues regarding the measure of compensation due upon the taking, the scope of cross-examination and the alleged excessiveness of the jury's award. Also presented is a thorny pre-trial discovery point. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

II.

David E. Havard and Gladys Cooley Havard (sometimes "landowners...

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