OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
Until 1953, the Territory of Alaska was required to file a complaint and obtain a court order for possession before it could use a landowner's property for a highway project. Sections 57-7-1 to 57-7-23 ACLA 1949. In 1953, the Territorial Legislature authorized what has become known as the "quick-take" procedure, in which title to the property passes upon the filing of a "declaration of taking" and such matters as the necessity...
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