Ortega v. State Ex Rel. Herman

STEVENS, Judge.

The basic issues presented to the Court relate to the matter of severance damages in connection with the construction of a limited access interstate highway which was not constructed on the old right-of-way and which new highway bisects the land of the owners. The condemnor is the State of Arizona. The condemnees are Mr. and Mrs. Ortega who are the appellants in this Court. Mr. and Mrs. Ortega will be referred to as the “owners”.

Lupton, Arizona, lies just westerly from the State line of the State of New Mexico. At the location of the property in question, U.S. Highway 66, which…