Collins v. Mississippi State Highway Commission

P. B. Collins sued the City of Laurel and the Mississippi State Highway Commission to recover damages to his property which he claims that he will sustain on account of the relocation of IT. S. Highway No. 11.

The plaintiff’s property is described as Lot 6 of Block 2 of the Boulevard Addition to the City of Laurel. The plat, which was attached to the declaration, showed that the block is composed of twenty lots. Lots 1 to 11 inclusive, commencing from the north, front east and abut on Ellisville Boulevard, which is immediately west of and parallel to the New Orleans and N. E. Railroad. West of…