State ex rel. Head v. Hendrickson

Ronald e. Hachey, Justice.*

Appeal by the state from an order denying its motion for a new trial. On appeal to the trial court from the commissioners’ award following condemnation of a portion of respondents’ land for highway purposes, the state attempted to set off against the condemnation award the value of alleged special benefits to the land remaining after the taking. The trial court refused to allow evidence of these alleged special benefits. We affirm.

Respondents were the owners of 111.73 acres of farmland located approximately three-quarters of a mile east of Clarks Grove, Minnesota.…