Jenkins v. Board of County Commissioners

OPINION

RUCKER, Judge.

Landowner Donald Jenkins appeals from a trial court judgment denying him damages in an inverse condemnation proceeding. Two issues are raised for our review which we consolidate and rephrase as whether the trial court erred in determining that Jenkins’ property had not been taken. We affirm.

Jenkins owns a seventy-acre tract of unimproved farmland in Madison County. Prior to the activity giving rise to this litigation the southwest corner of the tract was bordered by County Road West (also referred to as “Raíble Avenue”) and Cross Street. Raíble Avenue runs adjacent to…