State ex rel. Road Commission v. Danielson

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

Action by the State of Utah, by and through the State Road Commission, to condemn two small tracts of land owned by the respondents at 6200 South Street and Highland Drive in Salt Lake County. After determining the amount of damages sustained by the respondents, the trial court awarded them interest on that amount at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the date of the order of immediate occupancy (entered by the court shortly after the complaint was filed) to the date of judgment. The State appeals, contending that interest should have been allowed only at the rate…