Houser v. Olmstead

It being deemed necessary that land belonging to appellant should be acquired for highway purposes, the amount of damages accruing to appellant, by reason of such talcing, was estimated by appraisal pursuant to the provisions of chapter 139, Raws 1927, and appellant was notified that the county was prepared to pay the amount fixed by the appraisers. A petition signed by more than seven taxpayers of the county was presented to the state’s attorney of the county demanding that an appeal be taken from the action of the board deciding to pay the amount of the appraisal, and in response to the…