Jones v. United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff sues to recover just compensation for the taking of twelve acres of his land. He alleges that in the construction of a road along the historic Natchez Trace Parkway, running from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, the defendant diverted the natural flow of the surface water, with the result that plaintiff’s cultivated field bordering the parkway was inundated and eroded.

Plaintiff’s land is located in Webster County, Mississippi, and is bisected by the Natchez Trace Parkway, created by an act of Congress on May 18, 1938, and administered by the National…