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Jones County commissioners agree to restore 1.3-acre remnant to longtime owner after 1999 condemnation
Summary
The Board voted to restore a 1.3-acre parcel to James Leroy Davidson, addressing a remnant left after a county condemnation in 1999; county staff and the owner's attorney discussed missing appraisal pages and tax-payment questions.
Jones County commissioners voted on Feb. 18 to restore a 1.3-acre remnant parcel to James Leroy Davidson that was left isolated after a county road condemnation proceeding in 1999.
The action followed a presentation by the attorney for Davidson, who said Davidson bought the original 20-acre tract in 1966 and that the county’s condemnation to create the new Gerald Plantation Road left a 1.3-acre remnant surrounded on multiple sides by federal land. The attorney told the board he could not find an exhibit or a complete appraisal from the 1999 files and asked the board to sign a deed…
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