Board of Levee Commissioners v. Hendricks
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the circuit court, first district, of Coahoma county. JIow. E. A. MONTGOMERY, Judge. The Board of Levee Commissioners of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, appellant, began proceedings under the statute authorizing the same, to condemn for levee' purposes the land of Hendricks and others, appellees. ■ An issue was made up and tried in the circuit court to ascertain the damages to which the landowners were entitled.
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Feom the circuit court, first district, of Coahoma county. JIow. E. A. MONTGOMERY, Judge. The Board of Levee Commissioners of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, appellant, began proceedings under the statute authorizing the same, to condemn for levee' purposes the land of Hendricks and others, appellees. ■ An issue was made up and tried in the circuit court to ascertain the damages to which the landowners were entitled. The nature of the case and the facts are apparent from the opinion of the court. The proposition for which we contend in this case is that in eminent domain proceedings by the levee…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
The levee commissioners applied for the condemnation of nine and 89-100 acres of land belonging to the defendants; the appraisers valued the land sought to be taken at $593.40, and the damage to orchard and premises at $125. Total, $718.40.
The defendant, Hendricks, appealed' to the circuit court, and there the jury gave damages as follows: “For land' consumed, $750; for orchard, $250; for house, $50. Total, $1,050.” The levee board appeals.
*486To exemplify tbe character of the evidence in this case, and the objections made to it, and to the verdict of the jury based upon it, we summarize that of…
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