Gault v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion o£ the court was delivered by

Fatzer, C. J.:

This is an appeal by the condemner from a jury verdict increasing the appraisers’ award in a condemnation proceeding.

The pertinent facts may be stated as follows: The landownersappellees and cross-appellants owned a quarter section of land some 600 feet north of the city limits of the city of Gardner, Johnson County. On July 1, 1968, the Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County proceeded to acquire by eminent domain easements for the widening and improvement of a county road. The project commenced at the northern boundary of the…