LAMAR CORP. v. STATE HIGHWAY COM'N

No. 93-IA-00125-SCT.

684 So.2d 601 (1996)

The LAMAR CORPORATION, a Louisiana Corporation, Successor to Lamar Advertising of Jackson, Inc., and Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc., Lessee v. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Herbert, McGlinchey Stafford Lang, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, James T. Metz, Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, John H. Price, Jr., Barry S. Zirulnik, Price & Zirulnik, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

Here we are called upon to address the interplay between a statute providing for relocation expenses and that calling for compensation for structures on real property acquired by the state where the owner of the structure has the right of removal but cannot remove the structure without destroying it. We conclude that the structure owner is entitled to compensation for the value of the structure. Accordingly, we reverse.

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