White v. State Highway Commissioner

This is a condemnation proceeding by the State Highway Commissioner to acquire title to certain land in Princess Anne County owned by Eloise J. White and Ida N. Jacox. The sole question pre sented to us is whether the lower court properly held that the value of the land should be determined as of the time the Commissioner took physical possession of it, on June 15, 1943, and began the construction of the road thereon. The property owners contend that the value should be determined as of August 22, 1958, when, in anticipation of the condemnation proceeding, the Commissioner recorded in the…