Presnell v. Wayne Board of County Road Commissioners

This lawsuit arose out of a dispute between plaintiffs decedent and the defendant board. Hettie Presnell claimed that after the defendant board had widened the street in front of property she formerly owned in Garden City, defendant agreed to pay her $9,500 for damages resulting from the change in grade to her prop erty. For reasons immaterial to this appeal, the money was never paid. Hettie Presnell then filed suit against the board for breach of contract and inverse condemnation. Since Hettie Presnell died prior to the trial date, her son, Thomas Presnell, personal respresentative of Hettie…