State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Barovich

MB. JUSTICE JOHN C. HAEBISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal by the defendant landowners from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial in an Interstate Highway condemnation suit.

The jury awarded the defendant the sum of $1,050 for the 23.15 acres taken, and the sum of $1,000 for the damage to the remaining land.

The land of the defendants is bisected by the highway. The State provided a 24 inch culvert and a 10 foot culvert to allow continuation of existing irrigation projects thereon. The State also provided a 10 foot underpass to permit access from one tract to…