Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Ulmer

Appellees, Howard Ulmer and wife, are the owners in fee simple of the lands described as the SV2 of the SE% of Section 1, Township 10 North, Range 11 West, First Judicial District of Jasper County, Mississippi. The two quarter-quarter sections involved are irregular in size and together contain 101 acres of land.

The Mississippi State Highway Commission, appellant, filed eminent domain proceedings for condemnation of a right-of-way for highway purposes across this land. The right-of-way, which varies in width from 430 to 490 feet, contains T8.22 acres and traverses the eastern portion of…