Adams v. Trustees, &c., of Town of Clarksburg
West Virginia Supreme Court
Woods, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 15th of June, 1876, the trustees and commonalty •of the town of Clarksburg, in the county, of Harrison, a municipal corporation of this State, filed their application in writing in the said county against T. II. Adams, Susan II.
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Woods, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 15th of June, 1876, the trustees and commonalty •of the town of Clarksburg, in the county, of Harrison, a municipal corporation of this State, filed their application in writing in the said county against T. II. Adams, Susan II. Black, Annie E. McKinley and Sarah E. Adams, praying that a certain parcel of land owned by them and situated within the corporate limits of said town might be condemned for the purpose of opening an alley over the same for the use ■of the said town, and stating therein, that for the land so to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Judge:
The appellants have assigned various grounds of error, in •the said judgments, but from the view we take of this case it will be necessary to consider only the first and second errors assigned in the action of the county court, and of the circuit court in affirming its judgment.
The appellants insist first, that the county court erred in .allowing said application to be docketed on the 15th, when the notice was given that the application would be made on ■the 13th of June. The application for the appointment qf ■commissioners to ascertain the compensation to which the land-owner…
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