State Highway Commission v. Helliwell

This is an appeal by the landowner from a judgment entered in an action to condemn land for highway purposes. The parties will be referred to as the landowner and the Commission.

In November, 1959, the Commission, in writing, offered the landowner $18,000 for the property to be taken for highway purposes. The offer was refused. The following month the Commission commenced condemnation proceedings. The complaint alleged that the true cash value of the property being taken, combined with the damages resulting to the remainder, equalled $16,150, or $1,850 less than the original offer.

The…