In Re Claim of Kincade

The Director of Highways, through the Attorney General of Ohio, filed an application in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County for a determination of the damages which should be awarded to the land owners as claimants on account of the relocation of a portion of U. S. route No. 50 in the unincorporated village of Gruysville in Athens county. For convenience the applicant will be designated as the director and the land owner as the claimant. The application included other claimants in addition to Hattie M. Kincade, but in this appeal we are concerned only with her claim.

In the trial court,…