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DORRILL v. STATE HWY. COM'N OF MISS.

No. 57716.

525 So.2d 1333 (1988)

Ernest E. DORRILL, III and Diane Dorrill Gosselin v. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter C. Nettles, Jr., Smith & Smith, Carthage, for appellants.

A.R. Wright, Jr., Morris C. Phillips, Jr., Wright & Phillips, Carthage, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ANDERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This is an eminent domain case. There was a jury verdict awarding the Dorrills damages in the amount of $27,505.80. The circuit judge entered a remittitur of $12,505.80 or in the alternative a new trial on damages. The landowners appeal here.

We think the judge erred and reverse. The evidence here may be briefly summarized. The highway department has taken .14 acre out of a .34 acre...

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