Rawson-Works Lumber Co. v. Richardson
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for Idaho County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action under the eminent domain statutes of the state for the condemnation of certain lands for public use. Judgment for the defendants.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for Idaho County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action under the eminent domain statutes of the state for the condemnation of certain lands for public use. Judgment for the defendants. Under the provisions of our statutes, the public acquired an easement over the land in question and embraced in the streets and alleys; the defendants did not own the fee-simple title thereto, but, notwithstanding this fact, the defendants were awarded the full price for the same, or a value equal to the lots and blocks. The instruction of…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This is an action under the eminent domain law of the state. The plaintiff is a lumber manufacturing corporation and has considerable timber land in this state. The entire acreage involved in this proceeding, including the interest owned by the appellant corporation, is 48.53 acres, of which appellant is the owner of 33.01 acres and the defendants of about 15.52 acres.
On the trial the jury awarded the defendants the sum of $6,352, and the court entered judgment for that amount in favor of the respective defendants in accordance with their respective interests in and to said 15.52 acres of…
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