Department of Highways v. Schulhoff

This is an eminent domain case involving the taking of a strip of land by the Colorado Department of Highways, hereinafter referred to as the State. The strip of land taken, designated as Parcel No. 320, contained 33,000 square feet or slightly more than three-fourths of an acre and was the front portion of an unimproved five-acre tract of land which was zoned Agricultural I at the date of valuation. The landowners, hereinafter referred to as the Schulhoffs, stipulated to a waiver of damages to the residue. The verdict of the jury awarded to the Schulhoffs the sum of $5,610, upon which…