State ex rel. Morrison v. Carlson, 6478
| Decision Date | 26 February 1958 |
| Docket Number | No. 6478,6478 |
| Citation | 321 P.2d 1025,83 Ariz. 363 |
| Parties | STATE of Arizona, ex rel. Robert MORRISON, Attorney General, Appellant, v. Carl G. CARLSON and Catherine Carlson, his wife, Appellees. |
| Court | Arizona Supreme Court |
Robert Morrison, Atty. Gen., and Charles L. Hardy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Daniel Schimmelpfennig, Tucson, for appellees.
The state filed a complaint in condemnation to acquire land for additional right-of-way for the Tucson-Casa Grande highway.
Appellees, the Carlsons, were lessees of part of a store building under the terms of a written lease ending April 30, 1957, at a monthly rental of $85, with an option to renew the lease for an additional term of two years at a monthly rental of $112.84. The new right-of-way line cut through the Carlsons' store building, taking about 275 square feet of the demised area of 1433 square feet, or approximately 18.1 per cent thereof. The owners of the fee reconstructed the front of the store building on the new right-of-way line and were compensated for their damage.
The lease in question was in evidence and the cross-examination of the real estate appraiser for the state established that the Carlsons were apparently conducting a successful sundry business from the premises, and there was every indication they would continue to do so; no other suitable vacant space was available in the area.
The trial court allowed the Carlsons damages for reduction in rented space to the end of the period of the existing lease, expenses incurred in removing, rearranging and reconnecting fixtures and damages to the leasehold interest for lease renewal option of two years, in the amount of $490.
The state has appealed only from the portion of the judgment allowing damages for the lease renewal portion of two years, and contends there was no evidence to justify the allowance for such loss; and if there had been sufficient proof of loss it is not compensable as it is speculative.
It is generally held that a lessee is entitled to a sum which will adequately compensate him for his pecuniary loss as a result of the exercise of the power of eminent domain and is entitled to the value of an option of renewal in addition to the value of the unexpired term of the lease. Hercey v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County, 99 N.J. Eq. 525, 133 A. 872; United States v. Petty Motor Co., 327 U.S. 372, 66 S.Ct. 596, 90 L.Ed. 729; 3 A.L.R.2d 326.
The rules of law for measuring damages vary in different situations, depending upon whether the leasehold estate is partially or entirely taken and whether there is an abatement of lessee's obligation to pay the reserved rent. Where a portion of the leasehold estate is taken and the lessee is...
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