State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Boothman

This is an appeal by the State Highway Commission from a compensation award made by jury verdict and judgment in a condemnation case. The Commission condemned 37.5 acres of defendant Boothmans’ property in connection with construction of the Ladd Canyon Part of Interstate Highway 30 freeway. The freeway followed a previously existing highway and cut across the defendants’ cattle ranch, leaving approximately 1,100 acres on the west side of the highway and 3,900 acres on the east side. Prior to the freeway construction defendants had a 25-foot farm grade crossing over the old highway. In lieu…