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- Title: State Highway Commission v. Safeway Stores
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 27, 1951
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This action originated as a condemnation proceeding to acquire
land for state highway purposes under the provisions of G.S.
1935, 26-101. Isabelle S. Weiss, the landowner, accepted payment
of the award made by the appraisers for the land taken and is not
a party to this appeal. Safeway Stores, Incorporated, the tenant
of the landowner, operated a grocery store facing the highway
which was sought to be widened, thereby leaving less space for
parking purposes in front of the store building. The appraisers
awarded damages to the landowner for land taken in the sum of
$1,015.33 and to the tenant the sum of $1,750 for "loss of
business and all other damage." The state highway commission
appealed from the awards. On the trial in the district court the
jury allowed the tenant no damages and from the judgment the
tenant alone has appealed to this court. We shall refer to the parties as the condemnor, the landowner
and the tenant. The material facts may be summarized as follows: