State Road Commission v. Darrah

Calhoun, Presideut:

This case, on appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, involves an eminent domain proceeding instituted in that court by the State Road Commission and Burl A. Sawyers, State Road Commissioner, petitioners in that proceeding, hereafter referred to in this opinion as the condemners, for the purpose of acquiring, for public highway purposes, 10.51 acres of land belonging to J. M. Darrah and Mary Lou Darrah, husband and wife.

In the trial of the case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the landowners for the sum of $32,700. After giving credit for…