White v. Mississippi Power Co.

Mississippi Power Company, appellee, instituted this eminent domain proceeding in the County Court of Lauderdale County, against Mrs. Corine Wilson White and Mrs. Etta Harrington Wilson, appellants, seeking to condemn an easement over certain lands owned by appellants for the purposes of constructing, maintaining and operating high voltage power lines. After trial before a jury, the county court awarded damages to appellants of $2,500, and that judgment was affirmed by the circuit court.

Appellants own two quarter-quarter sections of land in Lauderdale County. The two tracts (called forty…