State Ex Rel. Symms v. City of Mountain Home

DONALDSON, Justice.

This eminent domain proceeding was "brought by the State of Idaho to condemn land owned by the City of Mountain Home which is required for an interstate highway (80N) project. Judgment was entered granting condemnation and awarding damages.

The property taken (about 14 acres) was -part of a larger tract of land (255.44 :acres) which was purchased by the city in 1963 for $36,000 and which was to be developed and used for recreational purposes, "including an eighteen-hole golf course, a trap shoot, a fishing and skating pond, a park, trailer parking, an archery range, .and…