McClendon v. Mississippi State Highway Commission

From the record in this case, it appears that the highway, designated as U. S. 49, was constructed through Sections 35 and 36, Township 5 North, Range 1 East, Rankin County in the year 1932. At that time the highway, in that vicinity, crossed what is known as “Squirrel Branch”. No improvement was made on the branch at that time but in 1936 certain work was done on it to straighten it and give it a uniform cross section with an 8 foot bottom and a one-half to one slope on its sides.

By 1940 the ditch or branch had again become so filled up as to interfere with proper drainage, and J. W. Quinn,…