Colbert v. City of Tupelo

SMITH, Justice.

Appellee, the City of Tupelo, filed an-application for organization of the Special: Court of Eminent Domain for the purpose of condemning for public use 0.36 acres of land belonging to appellants, Donald E. Colbert, Carolyn Dacus Dorris, and Alicia Ann* Dacus Stigler. This land was situated outside the municipal corporate limits.

Appellants applied to the Circuit Court of Lee County for a writ of prohibition, under the provisions of Mississippi Code-Annotated section 2782 (1956), and a temporary writ was issued by that court, ordering the hearing stayed in the Court of Eminent…