UTAH DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. JONES

No. 18815.

694 P.2d 1031 (1984)

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Don E. JONES, and Arlene J. Jones, his wife, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brant H. Wall, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Stephen J. Sorenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) commenced condemnation proceedings against Don E. Jones and Arlene J. Jones to acquire a portion of their land for construction of a highway project. The defendants appeal a jury verdict in that action awarding them $76,675 in compensation. We reverse.

The Joneses were the owners in fee simple of a 96.12-acre tract of land located one mile north of the city limits of Nephi, Utah, on the east...

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