Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Williamson

The state highway commission brought this proceeding in a court of eminent domain in Madison county against the Williamsons, the appellees, to condemn a roadway and a parkway through their land in that county to constitute a part of what is known as the Natchez trace highway and parkway project. Damages were awarded the Williamsons in the sum of $7,794, for which judgment was entered, from which judgment the highway commission appealed to the circuit court, where there was a trial and a verdict and judgment in the sum of $9,000 in favor of the Williamsons, from which judgment the highway…