Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Epperson

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Clark county condemning a right of way through a small section of that county for a hard-surfaced road. The petition for condemnation was filed by the Department of Public Works and Buildings and a considerable number of land owners were made defendants. The defendants traversed the petition and contended that the Department of Public Works was seeking to exceed its authority in changing the location of the hard-surfaced road, which is Route 49, the southern terminus of which is Willow Hill, in Jasper county, and the northern terminus…