Barnett v. Board of County Commissioners

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court for Charles County ratifying and confirming the inquisition of a sheriff’s jury in a case instituted by the County Commissioners of Charles County for the acquisition of about .16 of an acre of ground for the extension of a county road to the Potomac River. The proceeding was brought under Code (1951), Art. 23, sec. 308, and after a demurrer to the petition had been overruled, the jury returned an inquisition to which exceptions were taken. It is conceded that in such a proceeding there is no appeal to this court except on jurisdictional…