WHITE v. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER


114 S.E.2d 614 (1960)

201 Va. 885

Eloise J. WHITE et al. v. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard P. McBain, Norfolk, for appellants.

M. Ray Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., Francis C. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

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 presented 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...

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