Barnhardt v. Linzell

The sole question for decision in this appeal is whether the former owners of real property appropriated by the Director of Highways of this state, for highway purposes, are entitled to the compensation awarded them by a jury in the Court of Common Pleas for the taking of their property, or whether they must take as compensation the amount of money fixed by the Director of Highways.

The Attorney General states for the director, the appellant herein, that the Court of Common Pleas lacked jurisdiction to entertain the appeal for trial by jury, and, as a consequence, the judgment rendered on the…