Connell v. Reno Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

Appeal was taken from an order of the trial court overruling plaintiff’s motion for default judgment and terminating a damage action in favor of defendants. This is the third appearance of these parties before this court and the facts and circumstances necessary to understand the questions raised by this appeal are as follows.

In 1962 the State Highway Commission began acquiring necessary right of way for the location of highway K-96 just north of the city of El Dorado and passing through four quarter sections of land. The City of El Dorado…