State Highway Commission v. Sandbrink

The appellees filed this action under section 11, chapter 48, Acts 1905, section 3-1711 Burns’ Ind. St. 1933, §14071 Baldwin’s 1934, in which they alleged that they were the owners of a five-acre tract of land abutting on United States Highway No. 50, immediately south and adjacent to the city of Aurora in Dear- born County, Indiana; that the state had taken a portion of said land for public use without first having appropriated the same as provided by law. They ask that appraisers be appointed to assess their damages.

The appellants filed objections in three paragraphs to the complaint…