In Re Appropriation of Lands of Sproat

The Ohio Director of Highways appropriated a business property, of which Benjamin F. Sproat and Helen McK. Sproat were the owners of the fee simple title, subject to a land sale contract with Sophia Klein. The director paid $82,500 for the property and has no further interest in the case. The owners, the Sproats and Klein, appellant-lessee Consolidated Foods Corp., Lawson Milk Division, and others, participated in a hearing before the Court of Common Pleas to determine proper distribution of the fund. Aside from the return of a small amount of prepaid rent, appellant was allowed nothing…