In Re Appropriation of Easements From Leas

Defendant-appellant, David L. Weir, Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, is appealing the verdict of the jury in an appropriation case and the judgment of the court of common pleas approving such verdict which assessed the total compensation for plaintiffs-appellees as $39,241 based as follows: property take $3,935; damage to residue $34,606; and temporary take $700.

Plaintiffs own land with a frontage of one hundred fifty feet on State Route 22 in the village of Wintersville on which there is a building in which they conducted an electrical supply and fixture store. Defendant…