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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3404
Eminent Domain - Determining Damages
In determining the amount to award the property owner for damage to the property, you
should consider all of the evidence concerning the fair market value of the property, as well as
your actual viewing of the property.
You should subtract the fair market value of the property immediately after the eminent
domain taking from the fair market value of the property immediately before the eminent domain
taking:
Fair market value on ______ [insert date] __________
- (less)
Fair market value on ______ [insert date] __________
= __________.
[You should not consider whether there are any benefits or damages to the property which
will be shared by the public as a result of the eminent domain taking.]
[You should not consider any personal or sentimental value the property owner has for
the property.]
[You should not consider any damages which are based on guesses or imaginary or
distant factors which may or may not occur in the future which would affect the value of the
property.]
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3404 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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