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- Title: Canterbury Realty Co. v. Ives
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 13, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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The lessee of part of a parcel of land condemned by the highway commissioner has appealed from a judgment accepting a referee's amended report, which found the lease to be valueless. The highway commissioner is a bystander in the appeal, which involves only the question what, if any, part of the total damages awarded for the taking of the fee should be paid to the holder of the leasehold interest. On June 14, 1962, the highway commissioner filed a notice of condemnation of all or parts of five parcels of land owned by Canterbury Realty Company, henceforth referred to as Canterbury. The land taken contained altogether about 12.91 acres, and the commissioner assessed damages of $118, 800 for the taking. Harry Saidel is the lessee of about 1.7 acres of one of the parcels. The lease was dated in November, 1957. Canterbury appealed to the Superior Court for a reassessment of the damages, and the court appointed a state referee to make the reassessment. General Statutes 13-150 (now 13a-76). Saidel appeared in Canterbury's appeal and filed a motion reciting that he had been served with a copy of the notice of the taking and that he had, by virtue of his lease, an interest in the compensation being determined, and he requested the appointment of a referee to value his leasehold and apportion, between Canterbury and him, the amount to be paid by the highway commissioner. The court appointed the same referee to make that determination, and Canterbury and Saidel stipulated