Jacob v. City of Louisville

The Chief Justice

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The City of Louisville, intending to extend a street through the land of J. I. Jacob, to which he objected, procured a writ of ad quod damnum, which directed an inquisition as to the damage he would sustain by the extension of the street, after deducting the estimated value of advantage which would accrue to him from the proposed extension. Upon the inquisition, he proved that so much of his ground as would be covered by the street when extended, was worth about three thousand dollars; but nevertheless, the jury assessed in damages only…