Wilson v. Interstate Construction Co.

Appellants brought this suit to enjoin the appellee company from proceeding with the construction of the State highway through the city of Booneville, over the route condemned therefor by the county court at the instance of the State Highway Commission.

The complaint alleged that, under the order and judgment of the county court condemning the land, at the instance of the State Highway Commission, a copy of which was attached to the complaint, the appellee, under its contract with the State Highway Commission, was about to forcibly enter and appropriate plaintiffs’ lands, without compensation;…