Muse v. Mississippi State Highway Commission

The State Highway Commission filed its petition or application in the county court of Hinds County to condemn, under its power of eminent domain, a strip of land owned by Mrs. Winnie Eobbins Muse lying along the west side of U. S. Highway No. 51 North, about 1% miles north of the corporate limits of the City of Jackson. The strip of land sought to be condemned consisted of .61 of an acre, being 45.5 feet deep on the south end and 55.54 feet deep on the north end, and 565 feet in length along the east side and 574 feet in length along the west side.

The Commission, in its petition, sought to…