Marsh v. State

The claimants were the owners of ten and seventy-four one-hundredths acres of land abutting on Mill street in the city of Rome, their title extending to the center line of the street. The state appropriated for Barge Canal' purposes, under the authority of the Barge Canal Act (Laws of 1903, chap. 147), all of Mill street in front of a large part of the. claimants ’ premises. Notice of the appropriation prescribed by the statute was served on the city of Rome; none was served on the claimants. The state destroyed the street, and then located and constructed a new and *778improved Mill street…