Whitehurst v. Hernando County

— On October 18, 1924, process was issued and served, and on November 3, 1924, an amended declaration was filed charging that the county “at some time in the latter part of the year 1923, the exact date being unknown to the plaintiffs, unlawfully and without the consent of the plaintiffs, entered upon” described land owned by the plaintiffs “and excavated and removed therefrom a large quantity, to-wit, 1050 cubic yards of earth,” viz, clay, and used the same in paving the public roads of said county and in other stated ways damaged the land and injured its value, to the damage of plaintiffs…