128 So. 2d 561 | Miss. | 1961
The Mississippi State Highway Commission appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County, in favor of B. B. Ellzey, et al. In this eminent domain proceeding, appellees were awarded by the jury the sum of $36,400 for the taking of 22.43 acres of land for a right of way, and for damages to the remainder of appellees’ tract. This is the second appearance of this cause. In the former case, reported in 237 Miss. 345, 114 So. 2d 769, the jury awarded damages of $39,500, which this Court held were so grossly excessive as to shock the conscience. The cause was reversed and remanded. The facts are fully set out in the former decision.
After a careful examination of this record, we are of the opinion that the verdict of $36,400 is also
Reversed and remanded, unless appellees accept remittitur.