State Road Commission v. Ferguson

Caplan, Judge:

This is a proceeding in eminent domain, instituted in the Circuit Court of Wayne County by The State Road Commission of West Virginia, a Corporation, and Burl A. Sawyers, State Road Commissioner, petitioners, against Reuben Ferguson and Rosie Marie Ferguson, his wife, defendants, wherein the petitioners seek to condemn for highway purposes 10.22 acres of a tract of land owned by the defendants. This land is situate in Ceredo District, near the City of Ceredo, Wayne County.

The parties having been unable to agree as to the amount of compensation to be paid for the land actually…