Boley v. County of Escambia

— The County of Escambia in the State of Florida filed a petition to condemn certain lands owned by Boley upon which other defendants claimed liens. The land to be condemned was designated to the county Commissioners of Escambia County by the State Road Department of the State of Florida to be condemned for public highway which was to be a part of a road to be known as Pensacola-Ferry Pass Public Road.

The Respondents filed an answer to the petition to which demurrer was filed and sustained. The allegations of the answer are to the effect that there is a more direct and convenient route which…