Hardy v. Grant Township Trustees, Adams County

WOLLE, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought this certiorari action to challenge the authority of the defendant Grant Township Trustees (trustees) to acquire their property by condemnation for use as a township hall. The dispute centers on a one acre tract of land containing a small building (the tract), located at the southeast corner of a farm in Grant Township, Adams County. Plaintiffs Billie D. Hardy and Wanda M. Hardy are purchasing the farm on contract from plaintiff Lela Wood. Plaintiffs contend that the trustees acted illegally because the proposed use of the condemned tract is not one for which…