Dixon v. City of Phoenix

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the superior court in two consolidated cases involving the condemnation by the City of Phoenix (the “City”) of a permanent easement for the construction and maintenance of a water pipeline across a portion of property belonging to Jimmie and Carolyn Dixon (“the Dixons”). The issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly excluded from the final judgment damages for the destruction of vegetation on the Dixons’ property both within and outside the easement area that occurred during the construction of the pipeline.

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