State Highway Commission v. Sandburg

Defendants appeal from the denial of their motion to set aside the report of the commissioners and to grant a new trial in plaintiff’s condemnation proceedings1 relative to certain property taken for US-127. On appeal, as on said motion, defendants contend that the trial court erred in ruling that the State had acquired the access rights defendants claimed they were entitled to be compensated for, that the award was against the great weight and unsupported by the evidence, and that the argument of plaintiff’s attorney was improper and prejudicial to the extent of depriving them of a fair…