State Highway Commission of Mississippi v. Smith

SULLIVAN, Justice,

For the Court:

On July 20, 1984, the State Highway Commission of Mississippi filed an application for special court of eminent domain seeking to condemn 3.43 acres of real property owned by Marven M. Smith, et al, in George County, Mississippi, for the construction of two new lanes on U.S. Highway No. 98 in State Project No. 79-0014-03-034-10. The court was organized in George County, where the subject property lay. The trial resulted in a jury verdict and judgment in the sum of $21,500.00.

The State Highway Commission, aggrieved at the decision of the jury and the judgment of…