Emerson v. Mississippi State Highway Commission

RODGERS, Justice.

This is an eminent domain suit filed by the Mississippi State Highway Commis*442sion against James Y. Emerson, Jr. in Montgomery County, Mississippi.

The appellant owns 209.41 acres of farm land on which he raises cattle and grows crops. The land sought to be acquired is near the center of his pasture. The Mississippi State Highway Commission (hereinafter called Highway Commission) had previously negotiated for the purchase of a strip of land across the entire east side of appellant’s land, on which it had constructed an interstate highway. The Highway Commission determined that…