Board of Educ. of Logan City School Dist. v. Croft, No. 9629
| Court | Supreme Court of Utah |
| Writing for the Court | WADE |
| Citation | 373 P.2d 697,13 Utah 2d 310 |
| Parties | d 310 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LOGAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Jack CROFT and Lucille B. Croft, husband and wife, Defendants and Respondents. |
| Decision Date | 31 July 1962 |
| Docket Number | No. 9629 |
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and Appellant,
v.
Jack CROFT and Lucille B. Croft, husband and wife,
Defendants and Respondents.
[13 UTAH2D 311] Olson & Calderwood, Logan, for appellant.
George D. Preston, George W. Preston, Logan, for respondents.
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WADE, Chief Justice.
Plaintiff Logan City Board of Education appeals from a jury award to defendants Croft for a 1.24-acre tract of land taken for use as part of a junior high school grounds, and damages to the remaining property, though no part thereof was taken, by the construction of the proposed improvements.
The school buildings occupy the central part of a 26-acre tract of land on the west side of Second East Street, and between Eighth and Tenth North Streets, in Logan. The Croft home tract is the north of three adjoining lots immediately north of Eighth North Street and west of Second East Street. The school grounds adjoins the Croft home tract on the north side and west end, and the west side of Second East Street from the north side of the Croft home tract to Tenth North Street. The south end of the school buildings is 120 feet north from the north boundary of the Croft tract. West of the Croft home tract is a school parking lot, which opens on Eighth North Street and occupies about a third of the tract taken from the Crofts, and the school grounds occupies the ground for a substantial distance to the west of the tract taken from the Crofts.
[13 UTAH2D 312] Following is a map of the school grounds and the Croft home tract and the other tracts to the south, together with the other property taken:
NOTE: OPINION CONTAINS TABLE OR OTHER DATA THAT IS NOT VIEWABLE
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The parcel marked 'A' is the rear end of the Croft property taken by the School Board. Parcel 'B' is where the school buildings are located and parcel 'C' is a tract south and west of Croft's remaining home tract. The school grounds on which [13 UTAH2D 313] there are no buildings consisting of parking lots, driveways and boys' and girls' areas is quite extensive.
In answer to special interrogatories the jury awarded $8,750 as the value of the property taken from the Crofts, and $204 as severance damages to the property not taken. Also the jury awarded $4,000 damages to the remaining land under Section 78-34-10(3) by the construction and maintenance of the school on land not taken from the Crofts.
Two problems are presented: 1) Was there a prima facie showing that the Crofts suffered compensable damages to their home tract, though no part thereof was taken by the construction of this school? 2) Was it prejudicial error to receive the overlay map showing a proposed residential subdivision of the Crofts' and other property together with testimony of the highest and best use of this...
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Colman v. Utah State Land Bd., No. 860331
...section 22 and for the purpose of the eminent domain statute in Board of Education of Logan City School District v. Croft, 13 Utah 2d 310, 373 P.2d 697 (1962). In that case, the Court cited article I, section 22 and Damages to land, by the construction of a public or industrial improvement,......
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Farmers New World Life Ins. Co. v. Bountiful City, No. 890012
...by a loss of lateral support and the seepage of water through spaces in the wall panels. In Board of Education v. Croft, 13 Utah 2d 310, 373 P.2d 697 (1962), this court struck down a property owner's damage award, holding that an owner is entitled to compensation only for injuries that "wou......
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Sheridan Drive-In Theatre, Inc. v. State, DRIVE-IN
...lands, or depositing foreign materials on neighboring lands. Board of Education of Logan City School District v. Croft, 13 Utah 2d 310, 373 P.2d 697, 699; see also Schuler v. Wilson, 322 Ill. 503, 153 N.E. 737, 740, 48 A.L.R. 1027; and Richert v. Board of Education of The City of Newton, 17......
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State By and Through Road Commission v. Tanner, No. 12688
...2d 29, 347 P.2d 862; as to adversely affecting waters on the property see statement in Bd. of Education, etc. v. Croft, 13 Utah 2d 310, 373 P.2d 697, and authorities therein 5 Crescent Mining Co. v. Silver King Mining Co., 17 Utah 444, 54 P. 244; State Highway Commission v. Ponten, 77 Wash.......