McGovern v. Board of County Commissioners

This is an action, with customary pleadings, for condemnation of 18.99 acres of land required in the construction of a public highway. Judgment was entered upon verdict of the jury for $1,900 and costs in favor of respondents who, being dissatisfied therewith, here seek review. Error is alleged as follows:

First, as urged in the first, third and ninth specifications, in the amount of compensation awarded by the jury for the land'taken. There was testimony that the best land was worth $100 an acre; and the poorer land, not to exceed $60 or $75 per acre. Other witnesses appraised it as high as…