Schlicht v. Clark
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Claude M. Clayton, Judge. Petition by D. E. Clark and others, drainage commissioners, against Johan Schlicht to condemn land for the construction of a drain.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Claude M. Clayton, Judge. Petition by D. E. Clark and others, drainage commissioners, against Johan Schlicht to condemn land for the construction of a drain. Award in eminent domain court for defendant for six hundred dollars and he appealed to the circuit court, where upon trial de novo, judgment was awarded for defendant for eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and sixty-four cents and defendant appeals. ' The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The first assignment is that the. court below erred in refusing to allow…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
D. E. Clark and others, drainage commissioners, filed a petition to condemn a strip of land through the plantation of the appellant under the Code chapter on “Drainage,” for the construction of a drainage canal. *361The canal would extend for about two miles through the said plantation and varied in width from twenty to twenty-four feet at the surface and to a width of ten feet at the base of the canal, with a depth approximately of ten feet. In the eminent domain court the appellant was awarded six hundred dollars for the strip taken and his damages, and appealed to the circuit court, where the…
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