Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Ladner

The Mississippi State Highway Commission, by a proceeding in Eminent Domain, sought to condemn a right of way over the lands of Joe Glynn Ladner and wife for the relocation and construction of U. S. Highway No. 11 in its conversion into Interstate Highway No. 59. They were awarded $16,000 by the Eminent Domain jury. On appeal, the Circuit Court jury made an award of $25,000. From that judgment, the Commission appealed.

The Ladners owned about 289 acres in the form of a rectangle with a jagged line on a part of the southern boundary. They had an outlet to a public road on the north side of…