Struble v. Elkhart County Park & Recreation Board

Staton, P. J. —

D. Blanche Struble is the landowner in this condemnation action. A jury awarded her $47,250 and interest for the taking of her land by the Elkhart County Park & Recreation Board. On this award the trial court computed interest at four per cent per annum, from November 21,1971 to July 31, 1974,-pursuant to IC 1971, 32-11-1-8 (Burns Code Ed.).1 The issue for consideration is whether computation of interest at four per cent deprived the landowner of the “just compensation” which Article I, Section 21 of the Indiana Constitution requires,2 and hence whether 32-11-1-8, which…