CITY OF CLARKSDALE v. MS. POWER & LIGHT

No. 07-58670.

556 So.2d 1056 (1990)

CITY OF CLARKSDALE, Mississippi v. Mississippi Power and Light Company, a Corporation; Irving Trust Company, a Corporation; and J.A. Vaughan.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Hunt, Ross Hunt Spell & Ross, H. Hunter Twiford, III, Twiford & Webster, Clarksdale, for appellant.

James K. Child, Charles T. Ozier, John D. Price, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and PITTMAN, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

The City of Clarksdale has appealed the order of the special court of eminent domain of Coahoma County dismissing its petition to condemn facilities of the Mississippi Power & Light Company (MP & L). Finding no error, we affirm.

On March 5, 1987, the City, pursuant to the power of eminent domain granted it under Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-17 (Supp. 1986), filed a petition to condemn the electrical facilities...

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