Muhlenberg County v. Ray

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

Appellees, Ray and wife, claiming to be tbe owners of two city lots in Central City, instituted this action in tbe Muhlenberg circuit court, against Muhlenberg county and the city of Central City, to recover damages for the wrongful taking of a right of way for a public highway sixty feet wide by 110 feet long, over and through their lots, and were awarded $750.00 against the county by a jury.. From the judgment entered upon that verdict this appeal is prosecuted. For the county it is now insisted that no cause of action existed or was alleged or…