City of Cincinnati v. Schmidt

The city of Cincinnati brought action in the court of common pleas to appropriate property for the purpose of widening and straightening Ludlow avenue from Cornell place to the Ludlow avenue viaduct. In that proceeding the city acquired the fee simple title to the forty-five pieces of property included in the proceeding. The verdict and judgment recited that the buildings situated on parcels Nos. 11 and 25 were not included in the verdict. Subsequently, on February 11, 1920, the city moved to dismiss Mary Cunningham, who claimed an interest in parcel No. 11, and *427Firman Barratt, who claimed an…