Board of Commissioners v. Richardson

October 9, 1922. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The Board of County Commissioners of Fairfield County, in carrying out certain alterations and improvements in a public highway, instituted separate condemnation proceedings against Richardson and Gadsden. In the Richardson case they condemned the top-soil upon eight acres of land planted in cotton and a strip of land for a slight change of the highway. The hearing was had on July 28, 1921, and by resolution of the Board the compensation for both topsoil and strip of land was fixed at $109.

In the Gadsden case they condemned the…