Legal Opinion
Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Owen
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 1975No. 47758PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO CORRECT JUDGMENT
INZER, Justice.
The final judgment of $60,000 entered in this case was entered as the result of a re-mittitur of $25,000 agreed to by appellee-landowner. The judgment provided for interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the date of the judgment in the trial court and for five percent statutory damages.
The judgment as entered is erroneous and must be corrected. It is conceded by both parties that if we follow our former decisions, appellee is not entitled to five percent statutory damages. We have held in a number of cases that where a judgment is entered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Hart's EstateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
- Mississippi State Highway Commission v. HerringMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
- Mississippi State Highway Comm. v. BurwellMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
3Cited by4 opinions
- South Carolina Department of Transportation v. FaulkenberryCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1999
- Mississippi State Highway Commission v. HerbanMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Gautier v. MISSISSIPPI TRANSP. COM'NCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003
- Lehman v. Mississippi Transportation CommissionCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013