City of Toledo v. Custer

Having resolved to appropriate for public purposes certain real estate owned by appellee, Custer, and being unable to agree with the owner upon the value thereof, the city of Toledo invoked the provisions of R. C. 163.01 et seq. (Uniform Eminent Domain Act) by filing a petition in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas on June 8, 1967, alleging the value of the real estate to be $15,500 and praying “that upon filing of an answer herein the court fix a time for the assesment by a jury of the compensation to be paid.”

Summons was served upon appellee who makes no claim of lack of knowledge of…