Bastian v. State

In each of the years 1909 and 1910, this claimant was working, upon equal one-half shares of the crops, a farm through which passed the proposed route of the barge canal. The owner of the farm which is situate in the town of Galen, Wayne county, in this state, was William Creager, who, prior to the filing of this claim, filed a claim in this court for the permanent appropriation of a portion of the farm, and received an award of $4,000, in full settlement of his claim. The award was paid before this claim was filed. This claimant was not a party to that proceeding, nor was any notice of the…