State Highway Commission v. Wunderlich

On the former appeal, Wunderlich v. State Highway Commission,183 Miss. 428, 184 So. 456, the main principles to be applied were stated. Upon the return for trial, the court appointed a master who conducted a full hearing. Thereafter he made a preliminary report to which both sides filed elaborate exceptions, which having been heard and argued, the master made his final report. The final report was approved by the chancellor substantially as made by the master.

The litigation arose out of the fact that the Highway Commission failed to procure the right of way for the large bridge, the right of…