Leslie County v. Pace

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Reversing.

This appeal seeks our review and reversal of a judgment (entered upon tke jury’s verdict) of the Leslie circuit court, awarding the appellee, Manerva Pace, the sum of $1,000 as the value of a strip of her land alleged wrongfully taken by the appellant for highway purposes and for consequential damages to her adjacent property.

The factual situation out of which this suit arose is as follows:

In the year 1932, Manerva Pace was the owner of a certain hotel property abutting on the south side of Main St., running in an eastwardly and westwardly course,…