State, by Mondale v. Mecklenburg

Nelson, Justice.

Condemnation proceedings in which Norman H. Tallakson and Anthony P. and Dorothy P. Peterson appealed to the Kandiyohi County District Court from awards for land taken from their farms for highway purposes. The state also appealed from both awards. The appeals were con*137solidated for trial and post-trial proceedings below and have been so treated on appeal to this court.

After trial separate jury verdicts were returned on October 2, 1963, allowing damages as follows:

Anthony P. Peterson, Parcel 7, in the sum of $2,039;

Norman H. Tallakson, Parcel 3, in the sum of $4,213.

The owners…