Martin v. Raulston

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

Appellants filed a claim in the sum of $400 against Newton County for about one acre of land taken by the county to improve a public road adjacent to appellants’ property. The claim was denied by the County Court; appellants appealed to the Circuit Court. There, after appellants had rested their case, the trial court directed a verdict for the county. The landowners have appealed to this court.

Two witnesses testified in the case. First, the appellant, Virgil Martin, testified that about one acre had been taken to improve the road, and, in his opinion, the…