Wallace v. Board of Supervisors

INZER, Justice:

This is an eminent domain case. A trial was had in a special court of eminent domain and the jury awarded damages. Appellants, who are landowners, appealed to the circuit court wherein they filed an answer incorporating therein the affirmative defenses: (1) that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to proceed, and (2) that the special court of eminent domain was without jurisdiction to proceed. Appellants based their plea upon the contention that the Board of Supervisors of Lawrence County failed to comply with the provisions of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated, section 8314…