Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Gresham

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Mississippi State Highway Commission appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Marshall County in an eminent domain proceeding prosecuted by the Commission against S. B. Gresham and John C. Dunlap (landowners). The assignments of error involved the weight of the evidence offered by the landowners on the question of damages and the question whether the verdict is excessive. This case was previously before the Court on a motion to docket and dismiss the appeal and thereafter, on a motion to reinstate. Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Gresham, 323 So.2d 100…