BISHOP v. MISSISSIPPI TRANSP. COM'N

No. 97-CA-00926COA.

734 So.2d 218 (1999)

Venice BISHOP, Individually and on Behalf of All His Cotenants, Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Goodwin, Columbus, Attorney for Appellants.

J. Niles McNeel, Louisville, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE BRIDGES, C.J., PAYNE, AND SOUTHWICK, JJ.


SOUTHWICK, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Transportation Commission filed an eminent domain petition in the Oktibbeha County Special Court of Eminent Domain. From a jury verdict awarding $8,083.64, the landowner Venice Bishop appeals. He alleges that the Commission's expert witness was not qualified to value timber, that accordingly a mistrial or peremptory instruction should have been granted, and that testimony by Bishop's expert regarding use of the...

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