Inglima v. Alaska State Housing Authority

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case centers on the nature of an appeal from a master’s determination of just compensation in an eminent domain proceeding.

On August 16, 1965, and on December 20, 1965, appellee filed condemnation proceedings, later consolidated, to acquire parcels of land owned by appellants in Seldovia, Alaska, in order to carry out an urban renewal project occasioned by the 1964 Alaska earthquake. A master’s hearing was held in November of 1966, and his report was filed in December of that year.

The total amount deposited in court by appellee for all parcels came to $119,950. The…