State Ex Rel. Department of Natural Resources v. Cooper

CaplaN, Judge:

The State of West Virginia by The Department of Natural Resources, desiring to establish and develop a state park for the use and benefit of the public, on certain lands in Canaan Valley, Dry Fork District, Tucker County, West Virginia, instituted two civil actions in eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring the fee simple title to such lands. In civil action No. 354 the petitioner sought to acquire a tract of land consisting of 68 acres and named as the owners thereof Bennett Cooper, Mabel Cooper, R. Dean Heironimus and Helen K. Heironimus. The second civil action, No. 355,…