Cairo Village Council v. Miller

Shaw, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal of two cases by the defendants-appellants, James Miller and his son, Michael Miller. In the appeal before us, the Common Pleas Court of Allen County entered judgment granting plaintiff-appellee, Council of the Village of Cairo (“Council”), the appropriation of easements on appellants’ properties.

• On June 28, 1996, Council filed a complaint in each case to appropriate property for the purpose of constructing a sewer system for the village of Cairo. In its complaint, Council claimed authority to appropriate by virtue of the “Constitution and laws of…