STROOBANTS v. FUGATE


163 S.E.2d 192 (1968)

209 Va. 275

Alphonse STROOBANTS and Helen Stroobants, his Wife v. Douglas B. FUGATE, State Highway Commissioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Richards, Lynchburg (Edmunds, Baldwin & Graves, Lynchburg, on brief), for petitioners.

Paul D. Stotts, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty Gen., Troy G. Arnold, Jr., Sp. Counsel, Richmond, on brief), for respondent.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, GORDON and HARRISON, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

Invoking the original jurisdiction of this court, Alphonse Stroobants and Helen Stroobants, petitioners, filed a petition against Douglas B. Fugate, State Highway Commissioner, respondent, praying for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the Highway Commissioner to institute condemnation proceedings in the proper court to ascertain what compensation is due the Stroobants for the damages which, they allege, have been done to their property by...

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