Opinion ID: 1172612
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Heading: jardine is entitled to attorney fees on appeal.

Text: Jardine asserts that she is entitled to attorney fees on appeal. We agree. Acarrequi created a basis for the discretionary award of attorney fees to the condemnee without a showing and finding that the action was brought and pursued `frivolously, unreasonable or without foundation,' as required under I.C. § 12-121 and I.R.C.P. 54(e)(1). 105 Idaho at 876-77, 673 P.2d at 1070-71. The Court said that one of the rationales for this approach is to relieve the condemnee of the expense of defending against the condemnation where the condemnee is determined to be the prevailing party. Id. at 878, 673 P.2d at 1072. Otherwise, a condemnee who is determined by the trial court to be a prevailing party will be deprived of part of the just compensation to which the condemnee is entitled. Idaho Const. art. I, § 14; I.C. § 7-711. See also Rawson-Works Lumber Co. v. Richardson, 26 Idaho 37, 46, 141 P. 74, 76 (1914) (It has been established by the decisions of this court and is well supported by the principles of justice and the constitution that the condemnor must pay just compensation for the property taken and must pay all costs necessarily incurred in the condemnation proceedings.) Therefore, because the trial court determined that Jardine was the prevailing party and awarded attorney fees and because we have upheld that award, we award Jardine attorney fees on appeal.