Legal Opinion
Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Treas
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1945No. 35746PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoberds, J.
Appellee Treas owns a farm of 746 acres located two miles northwest of Aberdeen, Mississippi, on Highway '45. The State Highway Commissioner condemned a right-of-way across and near the middle of that farm a distance of a mile and a half, the land actually taken being 35.1 acres. The jury in the special court of eminent domain awarded Mr. Treas $2,500' damages, from which he appealed to the circuit court, where the jury returned a verdict for $5,000 damages, from which the Commission appeals here.
It is urged by the Commission that the evidence does not justify the amount of the verdict. The…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mississippi State Highway Commission v. HillmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Schnull v. Indianapolis Union Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1921
- State v. HamerIndiana Supreme Court · 1936
- Phillips v. South Park CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Minot v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Muse v. Mississippi State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
- Mississippi State Highway Commission v. StoutMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
- Mississippi State Highway Commission v. StrongMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
- Hemphill v. Mississippi State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
- Baker v. Mississippi State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1948
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