State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Ostwalt

delivered tbe Opinion of the Court.

This is a highway condemnation case. The landowner’s farm consisted of seventy-two acres with some improvements. The landowner had 68 acres under cultivation. The State took 9.22 acres from the farm in a strip off the south side, and there was no separation of any part of the lands of the owner. The land is irrigated and drains from north to south toward the new highway.

A Commissioner’s hearing had been had, an award made, and the State appealed. Trial was had before a jury, and a verdict finding the value of the land taken was $4,861.70 and damages to the…