Town of Oneida v. Hail

The plaintiff below, C. B. Hail, filed this suit in the circuit court against Scott county and the Town of Oneida, to recover damages for the change in widening the grade of a designated state highway over and across his property in the town, causing him a loss of actual and incidental damages in the sum of $2,000, for which he sues. This highway was improved by widening and paving by the State Highway Department acting in conjunction with the federal government, having first required the authority of the county and town to first procure a designated right of way. Both the town and the county…