National Advertising Co. v. Utah State Road Commission

CROCKETT, Justice:

Defendant State Road Commission seeks to reverse a decree of the district court which prohibits it from removing an outdoor advertising sign maintained by the plaintiff National Advertising Company near the intersection of arterial highways, 21st South and Redwood Road in Salt Lake City.

The Commission’s position is that the sign in question was erected and is maintained in violation of the “Highway Beautification Act” 1 and the order of the Commission with respect to said sign. Plaintiff has had a lease on property near the intersection since 1959, and since 1964, has…