Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Allen

HatciieR, Judge:

This is a review of the second judgment obtained by Grover Allen in a condemnation proceeding brought against him by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Our opinion on the first judgment is reported in 111 W. Va. 481.

Allen owns 43 acres of land, adjacent to the Big Bend tunnel of the railroad. He paid $400.00' for 14 acres in 1926, and $2,000.00'for the balance (29 acres) in 1930. The latter tract had improvements when he acquired it which he values at $1,500.00; so the 43 acres exclusive of improvements cost him $900.00 (about $21.00 an acre). The 43 acres is valuable for…