Mobley Construction Company v. Fox

Appellee, Newport Levee District, throngli its board of directors, brought this action against appellants and Mrs. Lallie Latham to condemn a strip of ground 15 feet wide across 12 lots, each 50 feet wide, for permanent use so that a. concrete base for an enlarged flood wall could be constructed beneath the ground, and an adjacent strip 20 feet wide off the same lots for temporary use in the construction of the enlarged wall and base. Mrs. Latham was the owner of said lots and appellants were her lessees, using said lots for the operation of a sand and gravel plant. The proceeding was…