UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. HATCH

No. 16526.

613 P.2d 764 (1980)

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ira HATCH, d/b/a Marble Motel; Ira Hatch, d/b/a Sandman Motel; Bertha C. Jensen, d/b/a Golden Spike Hotel, and Helen Reeder et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Billings, of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Stephen J. Sorenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


WILKINS, Justice:

This is an action (more precisely, three actions consolidated here and below) in eminent domain commenced by the plaintiff in which it is specifically seeking to condemn certain outdoor advertising signs owned by the defendants pursuant to the Utah Highway Beautification Act, § 27-12-136.1, et seq., Utah Code Ann., 1953, as amended.1

A hearing was held in the District Court of Box Elder County, sitting without...

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