Miltimore v. City of Augusta

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal and a cross-appeal from a judgment increasing a condemnation award for the taking of certain lands to make a reservoir for a water supply for the city of Augusta.

Briefly the facts were these: The plaintiff owned a 160-acre farm about two miles north of Augusta, consisting partly of good agricultural bottom land and partly of upland suitable mostly for pasture and hay meadow. The farm buildings were somewhat poor and run down, probably because the owner had been in a sanatorium for some years and the premises had been…