More-Way North Corp. v. State Highway Commission

The central issue on this appeal is whether there was a taking of More-Way property for public use entitling More-Way to just compensation under the requirements of the Wisconsin Constitution, which provides, under art. I, sec. 13, as follows:

“The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.”

This constitutional term “just compensation” has never been construed as requiring payment for all injuries imposed upon persons or property by acts of government.

There is a distinction between the power of eminent domain, which is assumed to be concurrent with…