Legal Opinion
Evans v. Smyth-Wythe Airport Commission
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 9, 1998No. Record 970016PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
The narrow issue that we decide in this appeal is whether a judgment, which restricts an airport commission’s power of eminent domain, is void.
Pursuant to Code §§5.1-31, et seq., the Counties of Smyth and Wythe and the Towns of Marion, Rural Retreat, and Wytheville ere ated the Smyth-Wythe Airport Commission, which operates the Mountain Empire Airport in Smyth County.
In 1981, the Commission initiated condemnation proceedings in the court below against a parcel of property owned by Edward H. and Elizabeth B. Evans. The property is located adjacent to the airport. The Evanses had also filed an…
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