State Ex Rel. Spannaus v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Court-appointed commissioners awarded damages in this case on August 9, 1982. Later that month, Northwest Airlines, Inc. *520served and filed the notice calling for review of the award by the trial court. Appellant State of Minnesota asked the trial courts to disregard the facts of record and to engage in conjecture, speculation and imagination to wrongfully minimize the landowner’s proof of damages. Although unsupported by any evidence, introduced or offered for introduction, appellant suggests that respondent will enjoy alternative access to the remnant of its property not taken, implying that…