Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Calhoun

BRADY, Justice:

Appellant, Mississippi State Highway Commission, filed a petition to condemn for highway purposes two parcels of land containing 19.21 acres, more or less, in a special court of eminent domain of' the Second Circuit Court District of Carroll County. On September 23, 1965, in that court, R. L. Rosamond presiding, the jury returned a verdict assessing the damages occasioned by the taking of the property of appellees in the sum of $16,500. The Highway Commission appealed to the circuit court, where the judgment of the special court of eminent domain was affirmed. From that…