School Board of Harrisonburg v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, on a petition by a school board to condemn land. Judgment for defendant. Petitioner assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The school board of the city of Harrisonburg applied! to the Circuit Court of Rockingham county to condemn “for its purposes,” a lot in the city of Harrisonburg belonging to Mollie A. P. Alexander, containing 1.74 acres.. The owner demurred to the petition and also answered it,, denying the right of the school board to condemn the property because it contained more than one acre, and also because the property was residence property, and it was proposed to condemn her residence and yard and garden. The-circuit court sustained the demurrer and refused to appoint the commissioners, and to that…
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