John v. State

This is a condemnation case. At issue is whether landowners are entitled to notice providing an opportunity to timely object after a condemnation award is filed with the trial court. The court of appeals held that Paul F. John, Lillie John and John’s Welding & Construction Inc. (collectively “the Johns”) did not file timely objections to the condemnation award because the timetable for objecting to the award starts with the filing of the award, not the sending or receiving of notice. A majority of this court holds that, in a condemnation proceeding, the parties’ time to object to the special…