Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Rogers

This case is before us on a second appeal by the Mississippi State Highway Commission from a judgment in the sum of $100,000 rendered in favor of the appellee C. B. Rogers as compensation and damages for the taking of 6.52 acres of land for public use in the construction of a new interstate highway between the City of Laurel and the Town of Ellisville in Jones County.

The petition for the condemnation of the above mentioned parcel of land was filed by the State Highway ■Commission in the county court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County on April 7, 1958. Upon motion of the…