Bowen v. State Highway Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in the Hudson County Circuit Court, in favor of James Bowen against the state highway commission for the sum of $47,000. There was an award made to James Bowen by commissioners in a condemnation proceeding instituted by the state highway commission against the land of the former, and he being dissatisfied with the amount awarded to him by the commission for the taking of his property, appealed to the Hudson County Circuit Court, which appeal, after trial, resulted in the verdict as above stated.

The grounds of appeal relied on…