Sherwood v. Pearl River Valley Water Supply District

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County, Mississippi, wherein the appellants’ lands were taken in an eminent domain proceeding by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District for use in the Pearl River Reservoir. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellant Floyd T. Brown in the amount of $78,800 and for the appellant Mrs. Amie Brown in the amount of $6,750. From this verdict an appeal is taken.

The pertinent facts in the eminent domain proceedings in this cause are amply stated in the former and companion cases between these parties, said cases…