State Ex Rel. Morrison v. Carlson

JOHNSON, Justice.

The state filed a complaint in condemnation to acquire land for additional right-of-way for the Tucson-Casa Grande highway.

Appellees, the Carlsons, were lessees of part of a store building under the terms of a written lease ending April 30, 1957, at a monthly rental of $85, with an option to renew the lease for an additional term of two years at a monthly rental of $112.-84. The new right-of-way line cut through the Carlsons’ store building, taking about 275 square feet of the demised area of 1433 square feet, or approximately 18.1 per cent thereof. The owners of the fee…