State v. Christensen

13 Utah 2d 224 (1962)

371 P.2d 552

THE STATE OF UTAH, BY AND THROUGH ITS ROAD COMMISSION, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT,

v.

MARION H. CHRISTENSEN AND RINTHA G. CHRISTENSEN, HIS WIFE, DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

No. 9544.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 17, 1962.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1962.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Campbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Morgan & Payne, Provo, for respondents.

WADE, Chief Justice.

The State as plaintiff and appellant here brought this action to condemn .54 of an acre of land belonging to defendants in American Fork, Utah, for the construction…