Texaco, Inc. v. Commissioner of Transportation

By the Committee. These two eases were consolidated for trial. The trial terminated in a judgment by stipulation increasing the award of damages for the fee from $204,000 to $243,800, without interest, costs or appraisal fees. The cases con-

eern the value of the lessee’s interest in property which has been acquired by the state through eminent domain where the lease had not expired and an option to purchase the property had not been exercised at the time of condemnation. No Connecticut case has been cited as precedent in this situation.

On February 25, 1975, Joseph J. Botella was the owner of…