Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Engell

This suit was ■ brought by appellee, P. F. Engell, in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, against Mississippi State Highway Commission and Cobb Brothers Construction Company. Appellee sought to recover for damage to his property alleged to have resulted by virtue of the fact that appellant, Mississippi State Highway Commission, had acquired for public use two tracts of land adjacent to his property and. in the use thereof his property had been damaged. Appellee alleged that appellant acquired the land for the purpose of removing therefrom sand and clay to be used as topping material for a…