State Roads Commission v. Wyvill

This is an appeal from an inquisition of a jury in the Circuit Court for Calvert County in a condemnation proceeding. The appellees were the owners of a 107 acre property, used by them as a tobacco and grain farm. The farm included approximately 45 acres of cleared land, the balance being wooded. The improvements consisted of a two-story frame tenant house, three tobacco barns, a stable and a corn house. The appellant, the State Roads Commission, in constructing a new highway, acquired 4.18 acres of cleared land and 2.90 acres of woodland, for a total taking of 7.08 acres. None of the…