Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Schlich

Appellee, the Department of Public Works and Buildings, brought this action in the circuit court of Washington county to condemn the lands of appellants for a right of way for the construction of a portion of the State hard road No. 177. On hearing, the right of the department to condemn the lands in question was sustained and compensation and damages were fixed.

The only question involved in this appeal is the right of the department to locate the route over appellants’ lands. Appellants say that Route 177, in so far as involved in this proceeding, has been laid out over other lands, has been…