Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Ramsey

This is an eminent domain suit, brought in the County Court of Jones County by Mississippi State Highway Commission against Randolph E. Ramsey and wife, for the purpose of condemning a right-of-way to be used in the construction of Interstate Highway No. 59, a limited access facility.

The property of the landowners consisted of. their home and approximately 100 acres in an irregular shape, as described in the petition. The home was in the extreme southeast cornor, adjacent to U. S. Highway No. 11, about 4.4 miles north of the City of Laurel, and *368less than one-half of a mile to the corporate…