State v. Innkeepers of New Castle, Inc.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

PRENTICE, Justice.

This case is before us upon the petition of the defendant, appellee, Innkeepers of New Castle, Inc. (Innkeepers) to transfer from the Court of Appeals, First District, that Court having reversed the judgment of the trial court entered upon the verdict, being an award of damages against the appellant, State of Indiana (State) for the appropriation of a portion of Innkeepers’ land and elimination of its existing access to State Road No. 3, in Fayette County.

The sole issue presented by the State, on appeal, was the exclusion of purportedly available…