Lund v. State

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

The State through its Building Commission initiated a proceeding to condemn for public use in the acquisition of a site for the Supreme Court Building certain real property belonging to E. J. Lund.

Special Commissioners were appointed by the County Judge and awarded Mr. Lund $148,625 as damages.

The State objected to this award as being grossly excessive and without competent evidence to support it, and requested that the cause be placed on the docket of the County Court for trial as in other civil cases.

The State, appellee herein, deposited the sum of the award in the…