Jones v. People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Plaintiffs, Arthur and Susan Jones, are the owners of nine and one-half acres of Sacramento County land, fronting on Fair Oakk Boulevard. They purchased the property in 1963, and thereafter the Department of Public Works (now the Department of Transportation) announced plans to construct a freeway which would cross the northern portion of the property, requiring the acquisition of approximately two and one-half acres of plaintiffs’ land. The proposed freeway would have cut off access from Fair Oaks Boulevard, and without such access plaintiffs were unable to subdivide the…