Pima County v. De Concini

WINDES, Justice.

The appellees, plaintiffs below, are owners of a tract of land lying along the south border of a highway laid out by the appellant, Pima County, Arizona. On October 15, 1951, the board of supervisors ordered that the highway be widened in such a manner that it necessitated taking a 35-foot strip of plaintiffs’ land for a distance of approximately 2640 feet constituting about two acres. Plaintiffs appeared at the meeting of the board of supervisors at the time the foregoing order was issued and advised the board that the value of the land to be taken was $2,500 but that if the…