Anderson v. Granite School District

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiffs seek an injunction and.damages against the defendant School District and the individual board members for destroying an irrigation ditch in constructing the Westlake Junior High School at 3450 West 3310 South in Granger, Utah. They ask for compensatory damages of $28,500 and punitive damages of $80,000. From an order granting defendants’ motion to dismiss; plaintiffs appeal.

The propriety of the taking and paying the owner of the basic fee title of the property for the school and its grounds is not in question here. This controversy arose because the construction…