State v. Peterson

MR. JUSTICE CASTLES:

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendants rendered pursuant to a verdict. The lower court proceedings were in eminent domain, after an appeal pursuant to statute by the plaintiffs, from an award of commissioners appointed to assess damages to be paid the defendants as compensation by reason of appropriation of their property for highway purposes. The only question presented is as to the amount to be paid to the defendants by reason of the appropriation.

Upon trial, the jury rendered a verdict, assessing defendants’ damage at $7,500 by reason of severance of one piece…