Paulk v. Housing Authority of City of Tupelo

228 So.2d 871 (1969)

Joyce PAULK

v.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF TUPELO, Mississippi.

No. 45513.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 24, 1969.

L.G. Fant, Jr., Holly Springs, John P. Fox, Houston, for appellant.

Lumpkin, Holland & Ray, Tupelo, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

The Housing Authority of the City of Tupelo, Mississippi, appellee, filed suit to condemn two lots owned by Joyce Paulk, appellant, which were located in an urban renewal project area in the City of Tupelo. On an appeal from denial of a writ of prohibition, this Court earlier upheld the right of the Housing Authority…