Mississippi Department of Transportation v. B & G Outdoor

BRIDGES, C.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This ease involves an appeal of the judgment of the Tunica County Special Court of Eminent Domain, in which the trial judge ruled in favor of B & G Outdoor (B & G). The trial court required the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to pay the cost of a replacement billboard for B & G after the land upon which the billboard was situated was taken for a highway project. MDOT appeals that ruling raising the following issue:

I. THE COURT ERRED IN CONSTRUING THE MISSISSIPPI RELOCATION ASSISTANCE LAW TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION…