Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Rives

271 So.2d 725 (1972)

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

v.

Bill RIVES et al.

No. 46858.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 27, 1972.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1973.

Henry C. Wood, Louisville, for appellant.

J. Hoy Hathorn, Louisville, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

The appellant herein filed an application with the Circuit Clerk of Winston County, Mississippi, on the 5th day of February, 1971, to organize a special court of eminent domain for the condemnation of 11.13 acres of land owned by Bill Rives and wife, Eleanor B. Rives. After trial of the case in the special court, it was by the highway…