Greater Anchorage Area Borough v. 10 Acres More or Less

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this case, the Greater Anchorage Area Borough (GAAB) 1 appeals the superior court’s award of attorney’s fees to the con-demnees in an eminent domain proceeding. The cross-appellant, Alaska Veterinary Clinic and Boarding Kennels Inc., in addition to contesting the GAAB’s power to take its land at all, questions the superior court’s use of Rule 82, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, in calculating the amount of attorney’s fees to be awarded.

On March 3, 1970, the Borough filed a complaint and declaration of taking to acquire two parcels of land necessary for the…