Real Property
Eminent Domain
Land Improvement
Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority v. Satinder Davit
Published: Jan. 10, 2009 | Result Date: Dec. 17, 2008 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Verdict – $2,800,000
Court
Yuba Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Stacey N. Sheston
(Best, Best & Krieger LLP)
Defendant
Experts
Plaintiff
David B. Wraa
(technical)
Defendant
Arthur H. Gimmy
(technical)
Facts
Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority brought an eminent domain action against Satinder Davit to take 99 acres of Davit's land to construct a flood control levee. The plaintiff appraised the property at $1.8 million. Davit appraised the take at $3.4 million.
Settlement Discussions
The statutory final offer before trial was $2,250,000 and defendant's final statutory demand was $2,750,000.
Result
The jury found just compensation in the amount of $2,883,962.
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