State ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Singh

In this condemnation case, plaintiff, the Oregon Department of Transportation, appeals a judgment of the trial court dismissing its condemnation action against defendant.1 On defendant’s motion for summary judgment, the trial court concluded that plaintiffs prelitigation offer, required by ORS 35.346(1), to acquire an easement on part of defendant’s property and to compensate him for the loss of rights of access to public roads was insufficiently definite because it did not specify the road access that defendant’s parcel would have after the acquisition. The court dismissed the action without…