State v. Hodge

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment for $7,-500 in favor of landowners, husband and wife, in a highway condemnation case based upon a verdict in their favor for that amount. A motion for a new trial was overruled.

The parcel of land was 1.49 acres in front of appellees’ home. Their home was lower than the grade of the existing and the proposed highway. The distance from the house to the existing right of way was 135 feet and 175 feet to the paved portion of the highway. After the condemnation, their house would be 50 feet from the right of way and 115 feet from the paved portion of…