Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Hygiene & Hospitals
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 14, 1965No. Record 5961PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
On March 23, 1961, the State Highway Commissioner of Virginia instituted this eminent domain proceeding against Joseph E. Ellis, Margaret J. Ellis, his wife, L. Stuart Ellis and Frances G. Ellis, his wife, (defendants) for the acquisition of a portion of their property in connection with the construction of Interstate Route No. 81, near the Town of Marion, Smyth County, Virginia.
The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals, hereinafter referred to as Health Commissioner, filed a petition asking that he be made a party defendant to the proceeding. He alleged that a…
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