1960
Watts v. State Highway Comm’r
Supreme Court of Virginia
202 Va. 166, 115 S.E.2d 899
Commissioner had filed petitions to condemn four different parcels of land, each separately owned. Trial court ruled they would all be heard together, to which landowners objected. Commissioners made separate compensation and damage awards for each parcel. Supreme Court affirmed. It is within the sound discretion of the trial court whether petitions filed for separate parcels for the same project be tried together or separately. There was no evidence of abuse of discretion or prejudice to the parties.
Summary prepared by Judge Jonathan Apgar, 23rd Judicial Circuit in Virginia, for the William & Mary Property Rights Project, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, William & Mary ©2019.
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