Spinner v. State

Both the claimants and *988the State appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims awarding the claimants $12,300, with interest, for an appropriation of part of claimants’ land in fee and part in the form of an easement. The sole controversy relates to the amount properly to be allowed for consequential damages as a result of the appropriation of the easement. The easement runs across the front of the claimants’ property, upon which there stands a two-family residence. The easement covers a strip of land (now part of the claimants’ front lawn) adjacent to the highway, 54 feet in width (the…