Court Opinion

ID: 9646404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 12:59:09.4851+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:37.888764
License: Public Domain

BUTTS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the reversal but would remand only in part. The one and only remaining issue for the jury to determine is whether sufficient compensation has been paid for the easement already. Although one might surmise the jury, in returning its verdict, believed adequate payment had been made, this would not be a proper implied finding by the trial court in its judgment. The State’s attorney, in his jury argument, indicated sufficient compensation had been paid by the State and County. Evidence supporting the argument should be presented on retrial, with an issue clarifying the matter for the jury’s determination.