Weber Basin Water Conservancy District v. Nelson

CALLISTER, Justice.

Plaintiff commenced this action to condemn 1 certain lands in Weber County necessary to the enlargement of the Pine-view Reservoir. Among the lands condemned was a parcel of 10.3 acres belonging to J. Bert Nelson and Myrtle G. Nelson, the defendants and appellants herein. They appeal from an award in the sum of $5,397.

The 10.3 acre parcel is a part of a tract belonging to defendants which had originally been operated as a dairy farm. Prior to 1954 most of the pasture land used by the defendants in the dairy operation was leased by them. However, the lease expired in that…