City of Cincinnati v. Ziegler

Citations

• 16 Ohio N.P. (n.s.) 169

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Appropriation of Property for Park Purposes —-Compensation Limited to Present Value, Irrespective of Benefit from the Proposed Improvement — Land Lying in an Adjacent Municipality Taken in Enlarging Park Area.</p> <p>1. Where a municipality has acquired property by gift and purchase for park purposes, an abutting owner whose land it is sought to appropriate as an addition to the park area, is entitled to recover as compensation only the present value of his property, without regard to benefits likely to result from the proposed improvement.</p> <p>2. The grant of power by the General Assembly to municipalities to appropriate property for public purposes, authorizes the appropriation of • contiguous land notwithstanding it may lie within the territorial iimits of an adjoining municipality.</p>