Deepwater Railway Co. v. Honaker
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Condemnation proceedings by the Deepwater Railway Company. W. B. Honaker, committee for Huldab Alvis, intervened by petition setting up right and title to the condemnation money paid intoi court, and T. C. Gooch and others, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, filed their answer thereto controverting the claim of the petitioner. Judgment for Hona-ker, committee, and the trustees bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President:
In condemnation proceedings, the commissioners appointed reported that they had viewed the 4.15 acres of land owned by Charles A. Deaton and others, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and proposed to be taken, and were of opinion that $1250 would be a just compensation to them therefor. This report, without exception, was confirmed, and the money awarded ordered to be paid into court, into the hands of the general receiver, and the title to the land was adjudged to be “absolutely vested in fee simple” in the said railway company. The fund so paid into court is…
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