Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Stringer

In an eminent domain proceeding in county court, appellee, the landowner, was awarded a verdict for $1533.50. Mississippi State Highway Commission, appellant, appealed to circuit court where a remittitur was ordered by the court and entered by appellee reducing *52the judgment to $1077.00. The Commission appealed to this Court and contends (1) that appellee’s witness Mc-Duffie was not qualified to testify as to land values, and (2) that the judgment of $1077.00 entered in the circuit court is excessive.

Appellee owns forty acres of land consisting of a quarter-quarter section located in a rural…