Woman Seeks $30K After Her Home Mistakenly Razed

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Woman seeks $30K after her home mistakenly razed

AP

Posted: 2008-06-30 20:28:40

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Jackson State University official blames pranksters for the mistaken demolition of a house - and everything in it. Owner Annie Wilson of Dallas said trying to get fair compensation has been a nightmare.

 

Vice president Troy Stovall said Jackson State bought the lot next to hers for potential expansion. He says somebody moved signs with the address and a notice that it belonged to the school onto Wilson's lot - so the contractor worked at the wrong site.

 

The 713-square-foot house had been appraised for just over $10,000. The school offered Wilson $8,000 in May. She says someone from the state finance department offered $20,000 on Thursday.

 

Wilson says she should get at least $30,000, because of all the belongings destroyed.

 

She says those include antique furniture and handmade quilts.

You can buy a house for $10,000 in Mississippi???.....

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I'm not sure I'd want to live in a $10,000 house