Court Opinion

ID: 9670508
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:21:46.112892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:51:16.904943
License: Public Domain

HAWTHORNE, Justice
(dissenting in part).
*215The judgment of the district court awarded the defendants in this case large sums as severance damages, or damages caused to the remaining portion of the property after the taking, and on original hearing this court affirmed that judgment. I voted for a rehearing in this case because I was of ■ the opinion that the amount awarded for severance damages was excessive and that further consideration should be given to the amount of this award.
I do not agree, however, with the holding of the majority on rehearing that the severance damages sought are speculative and remote and that the defendants are not entitled to any such damages. It is my view that there is ample evidence in the record to justify an award of severance damages; the only question in my mind is the proper amount.