Eminent domain case costs Modesto $300,000

“Modesto has agreed to pay a Modesto woman $120,000 for a strip of her land fronting Roselle Avenue for a road-widening project.

The city had filed an eminent domain case in May 2011 against Kim Kuppens to acquire her property on the 3000 block of Roselle. A city uses eminent domain to acquire private property for a public good from an unwilling seller.

The case will cost Modesto more than $300,000.

Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/2013/10/25/2994169/eminent-domain-case-costs-modesto.html#storylink=cpy”

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Valine, Kevin. The Modesto Bee 25 October 2013.