Morris v. Covington County

Citations

• 118 Miss. 875
• 80 So. 337

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain. Abandonment of road. Compensation to an abutting owner.</p> <p>The abutting landowner on a public highway in the country has a special property right in the easement and free uses of the public road for access purposes, and when he is deprived of this property right by an abandonment of the highway by the county authorities, he is entitled to special compensation on account of such abandonment such being a taking or damaging oí private property for public use within the constitutional inhibition.</p>