STATE HIGHWAY COM'N v. JONES

No. 91-CC-1033.

649 So.2d 201 (1995)

STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI, Appellant, v. Minnie Lee JONES and Husband Oscar Jones, Owners, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Campbell, Vicksburg, for appellant.

Marshall E. Sanders, Vicksburg, for appellees.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from the Claiborne County Circuit Court's award of $25,625.00 to Minnie Lee Jones and Oscar Jones, owners of 2.89 acres of real property adjacent to U.S. Highway 61 in Port Gibson, Mississippi, in an eminent domain action against the State Highway Commission for a right-of-way and condemnation.

On appeal, the Highway Commission asserts that the jury's verdict was excessive and against the weight of the evidence...

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