Stefan Auto Body v. State Highway Commission

This case presents the issue of whether an abutting property owner is entitled to compensation when direct access to the highway which becomes an access-free highway is replaced by a cul-de-sac frontage road which affords access at interchanges. The defendant argues such damage is not compensable because it results from a reasonable exercise of the police power in establishing the highway as a part of the national system of interstate highways. The plaintiff’s position on this appeal is that the cul-de-sac does not give it reasonable access to the express lanes of the highway and the loss of…