Legal Opinion
Lee v. Indian Creek Drainage District Number One Etc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1963No. 42492PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodgers, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Panola County, Mississippi, in a condemnation proceeding brought by the Indian Creek Drainage District Number One of Panola, Quitman and Tunica Counties (hereinafter called the Drainage District) against appellant and W. D. G-arrett, Jr., lessor, to acquire a certain 55.72 acres of land described in the petition. The petition seeks the acquisition of a perpetual easement for flood purposes on the lands of appellant, on which W. D. Garrett, Jr. has a lease.
The proceedings herein were instituted in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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