Taylor v. Pike County

Opinion of the Court bt

Chief Justice Stites—

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court dismissing the petition of appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Taylor, on demurrer. Appellants allege that they are the owners of a tract of land in Pike County traversed by a right of way for a county road. About 1933 the State. Highway Commission took over the road and agreed to construct and maintain it if the county would acquire an additional strip 30 feet in width through appellants’ property. Condemnation proceedings were commenced by the county, and a trial was held before a…