King v. State Roads Commission Ex Rel. State

Because a circuit court clerk failed to enter a judgment absolute as of course after entry of a judgment nisi, we shall be obliged to dismiss this appeal as not from a final judgment.

Although not so framed, the essence of the complaint of Appellant William I. King in this proceeding is that he has been deprived of his property without due process of law because the State Roads Commission paid interest only at the rate of 6% per annum on the difference between the sum of money deposited in court in a "quick-take” eminent domain proceeding and the damage award ultimately returned by the jury.…