Wilson v. State Highway Commissioner

This case grows out of condemnation proceedings which were had by the Virginia State Highway Commissioner for the purpose of constructing a road, which is a part of the highway system of the State, through the lands, in Lee County, Virginia, of the plaintiffs in error, Frank K. Wilson and Sarah E. Wilson.

Five commissioners were appointed under the appropriate statute to ascertain what would be a just compensation for the land proposed to be taken, “and to assess the damages, if any, resulting to the adjacent or other property of said tenants and owners, or to the property of any other person,…