Defnet Land & Investment Co. v. State Ex Rel. Herman

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

This appeal arises out of an action brought by the State of Arizona to acquire the necessary right-of-way for the controlled access highway Interstate 40. Judgment for defendants-condemnees was entered in the superior court pursuant to a jury’s verdict and defendants, being dissatisfied with the amount that the jury fixed as the value of the land taken, appeal.

The condemnation grew out of the conversion of U.S. 66 to U.S. Interstate 40 between Williams and Flagstaff, Arizona. Defendants’ property before the taking consisted of a single tract of 119.83 acres without…