Riley v. Drew County

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

In this eminent domain proceeding the Drew County Court acquired a portion of appellants’ lands for the widening and paving of an existing gravel highway designated as State Highway 277. The appellants, William Riley, Ed Gibson and Travis Gibson, filed a claim in Drew County Court seeking to have Drew County move and replace appellants’ fences along the right-of-way. The Drew County Court denied the claims, and on appeal to the circuit court, a jury returned a verdict denying the claims of appellants.

The question asked by appellants on this appeal is this: “Is the…