UTAH STATE ROAD COMMISSION v. SAMPSON

No. 14323.

550 P.2d 156 (1976)

UTAH STATE ROAD COMMISSION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Earl SAMPSON et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Harold D. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

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


MAUGHAN, Justice:

The State appeals from a jury verdict rendered in a condemnation action. We affirm the verdict and award costs to defendants Sampson, hereafter Sampson.

The State condemned 3.21 acres of a 6.96-acre tract, on which Sampson conducted a dairy. The taking cut a broad swath through the center of the tract and the improvements on it, leaving comparatively useless parcels on each side. The jury returned the following verdict:

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