Garrett v. Mississippi State Highway Commission

PATTERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal in an eminent domain proceeding. The Circuit Court of Warren County dismissed the landowners’ appeal from a judgment of the County Court as not being timely perfected.

The facts before the circuit court were stipulated as follows:

In the County Court of Warren County, Mississippi in cause styled Mississippi State Highway Commission, Petitioner vs. Louis Garrett, et al, Defendants, bearing number 1761-A on the docket of said Court, Judgment was rendered on September 20, 1968 awarding Defendants Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for the taking of 16.8…