Green v. Wilderness Ridge, L.L.C.

APPEL, Justice.

This case presents the court with a little utilized area of the law — private condemnation. The plaintiffs seek further review of a district court order granting the defendant’s action for private condemnation and selecting the defendant’s proposed route of condemnation. While not disputing the need for private condemnation, the plaintiffs challenge the selection of the route, asserting that the district court’s determination of the “nearest feasible route” was in error as it: (1) concluded that Dudley Lane was not an existing public road and (2) ignored the costs of acquiring…