Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Spanogle

The Department of Public Works and Buildings of this State filed its petition in the county court of Carroll county under the act of June 22, 1917, known as the Sixty Million Dollar Road Bond Issue act, (Laws of 1917, p. 696; Ca-hill’s Stat. 1925, p. 2101;) to ascertain the just compensation to be paid certain land owners for right of way to constitute a part of.Route No. 40 as defined in the act. Certain of the defendants filed a joint and several answer setting forth objections to the petition and concluding with a motion to dismiss it. The objections were overruled and the motion was…