In re Veasey

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The petition for the writ of ad quod damnum was filed by • Veasey within the fifteen days required by the Statute. No effective writ was ever issued. The issuance of this writ was a ministerial duty and we are not inclined to so interpret the statute that the failure to issue a sufficient writ within fifteen days mentioned in the statute would prevent a subsequent issuance of such writ and thus prevent an appellant owner from having a legal valuation placed upon his property summarily taken from him. We are, therefore, of the opinion that the…