Court Opinion

ID: 9689650
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:42:05.649991+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:51.093391
License: Public Domain

OTIS, Justice
(concurring specially).
I share the misgivings of Mr. Justice Yet-ka and agree that respondent has shown little sensitivity or attention to the legitimate concerns of this property owner by not finding practical alternatives to the route chosen. The result seems to be not only a calloused disregard of the human factors in imposing an unwanted and uninvited intrusion on the owners’ land, but an unnecessary economic burden on those who will ultimately compensate the owner for damages which could have been mitigated. Nevertheless I agree with the majority that however poor the judgment of respondent may have been, it had a right under the statute to proceed as it did.