Mississippi Const. art. 3, § 17

Mississippi Constitution

Article 3, § 17 — Taking property for public use; due compensation

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Miss. Const. art. 3, § 17.

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Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use, except on due compensation being first made to the owner or owners thereof, in a manner to be prescribed by law; and whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be public shall be a judicial question, and, as such, determined without regard to legislative assertion that the use is public.

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Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use, except on due compensation being first made to the owner or owners thereof, in a manner to be prescribed by law; and whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be public shall be a judicial question, and, as such, determined without regard to legislative assertion that the use is public.

History

SOURCES: 1817 art I § 13; 1832 art I § 13; 1869 art I § 10.