Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Ellzey

In this case the appellant, Mississippi State Highway Commission, through the attorney general of the State, filed a condemnation proceeding against the appellee, R. B. Ellzey, as owner of certain land needed for right of way purposes and against his mortgagee and trustee. The Commission was seeking to relocate U. S. Highway No. 11 near the village of Moselle in Jones County and to condemn a 300 foot wide right of way through a tract of land belonging to the said Ellzey consisting of from 230 to 300 acres of land, the right of way to take from said tract of land 22.43 acres, diagonally across…