West v. Anderson

*558This case is before us on a writ of error to a judgment in an eminent domain proceeding, wherein an award of condemnation commissioners of $2,757, for land actually taken, was reduced by the trial court to $2,000.

On April 30, 1945, J. A. Anderson, State Highway Commissioner of Virginia, instituted condemnation proceedings under Virginia Code, 1942 (Michie), section 1969j (1) et seq., to acquire a certain strip or parcel of land owned by R. A. West, to be used in the construction and relocation of a state highway on Route 60, between Covington and Clifton Forge, in Alleghany county, Virginia.

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