State Ex Rel. Dunn v. Griffith

Haymond, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus the petitioners, R. H. Dunn and Janet A. Dunn, his wife, seek a writ from this Court to compel the defendant, The Honorable H. K. Griffith, State Road Commissioner of West Virginia, to institute a proceeding in eminent domain against the petitioners in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to determine and award just compensation for a parcel of land, claimed by the petitioner R. H. Dunn, heretofore taken by the state road commission for use as a public highway and damages caused by the construction of such highway to the residue of the…