Coulson v. State

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Defendants-appellants Lee and Beverly Coulson (Coulsons) appeal from an order of appropriation of real estate entered by the Knox Circuit Court in favor of plaintiff-ap-peliee State of Indiana (State).

We reverse.

In 1981, the State brought a condemnation action against the Coulsons to appropriate property needed for the replacement of a bridge on State Road 54 over Little Turtle Creek in Sullivan County, Indiana. The State sought to acquire the fee simple title to .898 acre of the Coulsons' land and also sought to appropriate a temporary easement over .712 acre of…