Finley v. Board of County Commissioners

1 This action was commenced by the Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Robert W. Finley and others, hereinafter referred to as defendants, to condemn .22 acres of land for highway and road purposes. Defendants are the owners of the Rail Fence Tourist Court located south of Oklahoma City on the west side of U.S. Highway 77, and the .22 acres of land involved in this proceeding is a strip of land across the front of the property on which the Rail Fence Tourist Court is located. Some time after the institution of the action, Rail Fence Tourist Hotel Company, a corporation, made application to be made a party defendant as lessee of the property involved, which application was granted. Both plaintiff and defendants objected to the report of commissioners assessing the value of the property taken and the damages to the remainder at $10,050, and demanded a jury trial.