In the Matter of Comrs. Wash. Park

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] These cases present questions of difficulty and importance, involving, as they do, a conflict between the powers of public officers or bodies, to whom the right of eminent domain has been delegated by the legislature, and the rights of individuals, over whose property these powers are exercised. There is a strong equity in the claim made by the appellants, and which has been pressed upon us with much force and ability, that the election to take their property…