Mississippi State Highway Commission v. St. Catherine Gravel Co.

COFER, Justice,

for the Court:

Appellant, State Highway Commission of Mississippi, applied for the organization of a special court of eminent domain, "with St. Catherine Gravel Company, appellee, as defendant. Such court was organized in Adams County, in which county the subject land lay. In due course, the appellant’s petition was heard resulting in a jury verdict and judgment in such sum as caused appellant (Commission) to take this appeal. The condemnation was for title to 3.08 acres more or less, and a drainage easement of 1.23 acres, more or less.

Appellant assigned as error:(1) The court’s…