Board of Lever Commissioners v. Johnson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. J. H. Wynn, Judge. With the exception of the instructions in reference to the measure of damages, the case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. J. H. Wynn, Judge. With the exception of the instructions in reference to the measure of damages, the case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The instructions in reference to the measure of damages, given for the plaintiffs, were as follows : “ 1. The court instructs the jury that they must not take into consideration, in estimating the damages to plaintiffs, any allowance for the rent due on the lands, nor any payments made to him by defendant, but the jury must allow to plaintiffs the full cash market value of the cotton destroyed. “…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
This cause was tried in the court below upon an agreed state of facts, which is, that in October, 1886, the board of levee commissioners, finding it necessary to construct a levee through the plantation of one Mayson, exhibited its petition in accordance with the provisions of its charter for condemnation of the land necessary to be taken. Notice was served upon Mayson, and in due time the “ commissioners to assess levee damages,” appointed as directed by law, convened and having viewed the premises made their award of damages. Mayson claimed to be the owner of the crops then growing on the…
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