Pearl River Valley Water Supply District v. Wright

PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County awarding appellees $97,000 for 13.8 acres of land taken by eminent domain proceedings.

The petition for the condemnation of this land was first filed on March 22, 1963. The appellees, however, secured a temporary writ of prohibition prior to the condemnation trial. On October 5, 1964, this Court upheld the order of the Circuit Court of Madison County dismissing the writ of prohibition.

Upon trial of this cause in the special court of eminent domain a…