Legal Opinion
Highland Realty, Inc. v. Indianapolis Airport Authority
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 1979No. 2-1276A463PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
Appellant-defendant Highland Realty, Inc. (Highland) appeals from a judgment permitting the Indianapolis Airport Authority (Airport) to condemn its property, claiming the Airport had no authority to seize the land, that the seizure was neither necessary nor for a public purpose, and that no effort to purchase was made prior to suit.
We affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTS
On March 6, 1976, Robert A. Duncan (Duncan), property manager for the Airport, sent Highland a letter in which he offered One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000.00) to…
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