Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Myers

ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellees alleged in their declaration that on or about April 16, 1964, Interstate Highway No. 59 was constructed on lands west of theirs, and that this construction resulted in the severing and closing of a portion of a county gravel road southwest of their property, and that all means of ingress and egress were thus cut off to their property.

The appellees further alleged that the-only way they can now reach other public roads is by travelling first on a private road which adjoins their property. They now must journey to the town of Heidelberg, seven miles distant, to…