State Highway Commission v. Yost Farm Company

This is an action in eminent domain by the State against three parties owning property. Separate judgments were entered in each action, but by stipulation the actions were tried together and are being appealed together. Therefore, we shall treat the defendants as one and refer to them collectively as respondent.

The action was brought to condemn land for use in constructing a highway designated as the “North Frontage Road of the new Montana Interstate.” The complaint was the usual interstate highway condemnation complaint, reciting that the Highway Commission had adopted an amended resolution…