City of Winchester v. Ring

The city of Winchester on August 14, 1923, obtained a judgment of condemnation in the county court of Scott county of eleven and fifty-seven hundredths acres of land for use as a cemetery, and an order that upon payment of $3014 (the amount of compensation and damages awarded by the jury) on or before December 1, 1923, the city should have a right to enter upon the land and use it for cemetery purposes. William H. Ring, the owner of the land, appealed to the Supreme Court, and the appeal went to the December term, which began on December 3, 1923. The judgment was affirmed on April 14, 1924,…