1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Miss.
  4. 253 Miss.
  5. 253 Miss. 507 (1965)
 

STATE HIGHWAY COMM. v. HEMPHILL

No. 43556.

253 Miss. 507 (1965)

176 So.2d 282

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. HEMPHILL, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 14, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black & Boykin, Carrollton, for appellant.

Brewer, Deaton & Evans, Greenwood, for appellees.

ETHRIDGE, P.J.

(Hn 1) This is a suit seeking damages under Mississippi Constitution section 17 (1890) for the taking by the Mississippi State Highway Commission, defendant below and appellant here, of an easement for highway purposes. Vassar D. Hemphill, Jr. and M. Simpson Hemphill, appellees, brought this action in the Chancery Court of Carroll County for damages to their executory interest in the tract. Since they initiated it, they have the burden...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases