Pearl River Valley Water Supply District v. Brown

RODGERS, Justice:

The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (hereafter called District) was organized under Chapter 197, Mississippi Laws 1958, for the purpose of construction and development of a water reservoir, and the authority to acquire by eminent domain proceedings the land necessary for the construction and protection of the reservoir. On June 13, 1962, the District filed petitions in the Special Court of Eminent Domain in Madison County, Mississippi, to acquire for public use seven parcels of land. Two of these parcels of land containing five acres each designated as “Tracts I and…