State ex rel. Ordway v. Buchanan

OPINION

GRANT, Presiding Judge.

The State of Arizona appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict awarding Walter D. Buchanan $110,000 for land taken and $37,500 for severance damages to the remainder property.

The state commenced this proceeding in eminent domain to acquire for highway reconstruction purposes fee title to 26,414 square feet of property owned by the appellee, Walter Buchanan. The property, representing only a portion of a tract of *157Buchanan’s land, fronted on 32nd Street in what is known as the big curve area of Yuma, Arizona. There U.S. Highway 80 curves to the north from an…