State Ex Rel. Morrison v. Jay Six Cattle Co.

BERNSTEIN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Arizona from a judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding Jay Six Cattle Company, Inc. (hereinafter called “Jay Six”) the sum of $80,000, and P. C. Getzwiller and Marian T. Getzwiller (hereinafter called “Getzwiller”) the sum of $15,000. The action was commenced by the State to condemn land belonging to Jay Six and Getzwiller.

As of the date of the condemnation in October, 1957, Jay Six owned two sections, described as sections 17 and 18, which fronted on the south side of the Tucson-Benson Highway for a length of two miles, and was also…