Resource Investments v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This appeal follows the trial of an eminent domain action in which the State acquired a thirty acre parcel in Anchorage owned by Resource Investments. The land is situated next to the Old Seward Highway. Prior to trial the superior court granted the State’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the State already had a 100 foot wide right-of-way along Old Seward Highway. This removed approximately two acres from the parcel. Resource Investments appeals this decision, contending that the State only had a thirty-three foot right-of-way.

Following a jury trial on the…