Fitch v. State Highway Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages for the condemnation of lands for highway purposes. The plaintiff appealed to the district court from the award of the appraisers, and at the trial the court submitted special questions, to which answers were returned as follows:

“1. What do you find was the reasonable market value on March 25, 1931, the date of condemnation, of the .97 acre of land taken from the appellant for use in the highway? A. $654.75.

*585“2. What do you find was the reasonable market value on March 25, 1931, just before…