Utility Center, Inc. d/b/a Aqua Indiana, Inc. v. City of Fort Wayne, Indiana

RUCKER, Justice.

At issue in this case is the scope of judicial review where a property owner challenges the compensation awarded for condemnation of its property by a city’s board of public works under an eminent domain statute applicable to cities and towns.

Background and Procedural History

Doing business as Aqua Indiana, Utility Center, Inc. owned and operated certain water and sewer facilities in the City of Fort Wayne. The facilities were divided into two separate geographic areas, the North System and the Aboite System, both of which provided services to customers within and outside the…