Dantzler v. Mississippi State Highway Commission

Appellant is the owner of lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, block 4, East Gulfport Subdivision of the City of Gulfport. On these lots there are two valuable residences fronting upon the Gulf of Mexico. Bounding these lots on the south is East Beach Boulevard, 60 feet in width, which was dedicated as a public highway or street in the original plat of the property. Immediately south of the boulevard are lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of block 1 of the said subdivision.

In 1925 a massive concrete breakwater, known as the Harrison County Sea Wall, was constructed along this property, and a 50-foot sea wall right of way…