State v. Hargrove

Appellant filed eminent domain proceedings in the probate court of Lowndes County in furtherance of an interstate road project. That court entered an order of condemnation (not here questioned) for which it awarded the sum of $15,000.00 damages. The condemnor appealed to the circuit court of Lowndes County where a jury, demanded by appellant, fixed the damages .at $27,000.00.

The original tract of land, through which the condemned area passed, contained 370 acres. The condemned area was 48.03 acres. The severance left 114 acres in the .southeast corner of the tract, while the remaining area of…