Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Pepper

This is an eminent domain case which comes from Pearl River County. On the trial in the Special Court of Eminent Domain, the appellee was given a verdict for $12,000. On appeal to the circuit court, the verdict was $14,000.' We affirm the case.

The appellee was the owner of approximately 187 acres of land situated 'in Section 6, Township 6 South, Range 16 West. It consisted of NW% of SE%; NWVi of NEA; NEi/4 of NWy4; SW% of NE%, less about three acres in the form of a square in the northeast corner thereof; and a portion of the NW% of NW%The property was about three-fourths of a mile northeast…