First Baptist Ch. of Maxwell v. State, Dept. of Roads

This is an action in eminent domain against a church property in Maxwell, Nebraska. In order to straighten a state highway that formerly jogged at right angles, the State condemned one-half of the church parking lot (80 feet x 148 feet), so that the new road ran diagonally from the northwest comer to the southeast corner of the lot. The church was located on a lot of the same size immediately to the west. The church also owned a lot immediately to the south of the one from which the diagonal strip was taken. The taking was on March 18, 1961. The amount of land actually taken was 0.14 acres.…