Legal Opinion
Sowers v. Schaeffer
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1951No. 32388PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
The sole question in this case is the amount of money which the state of Ohio shall be required to pay the property owners for the property which is taken from them.
The principle upon which the award should be made was enunciated in the syllabus in that part of the present cause which is reported in 152 Ohio St., 65, supra. Paragraph two of that syllabus reads:
“A proceeding to appropriate property for a public use is essentially in rem, and where property is sought in which separate interests or estates are owned by several persons as between the condemnor and the owners it is regarded as one…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of BostonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Williams v. McMillanOhio Supreme Court · 1849
- Mayor of Baltimore v. LatrobeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
- Burt v. Merchants' InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Sowers v. SchaefferOhio Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Alliance Towers, Ltd. v. Stark County Board of RevisionOhio Supreme Court · 1988
- Wilson v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
- City of Cincinnati v. BanksOhio Court of Appeals · 2001
- Herndon v. Housing Authority of City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- In Re Appropriation of Easement for Highway PurposesOhio Court of Appeals · 1952
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