State Highway Commission v. Vella

The plaintiff, the State of Oregon, by and through its Highway Commission, brought this action to condemn for highway purposes a strip of land (a part of a larger tract) owned by the defendants, Thomas Vella and JaUe Doe Vella, husband and wife, and located in Central Point, Jackson County, Oregon. There were other parties defendant but they are no longer in the case. The land taken measures 680 feet by 22 feet, an area comprising .34 of an acre. Plaintiff alleged that the cash market value of the property sought to be taken, including the depreciation of the defendant’s remaining property,…