State Road Commission v. Curry

Calhoun, President:

This case involves a proceeding in eminent domain instituted in the Circuit Court of Wood County by The State Road Commission of West Virginia, (presently designated by statute as the West Virginia Department of Highways), as the petitioner, against Devon D. Curry and Alberta Curry, as the landowners, in order to acquire certain easements over real estate belonging to the landowners for the purpose of • constructing a public highway.

The State Road Commission of West Virginia, which hereafter in this opinion may be referred to as the petitioner or as the condemner, was…