Marvin

This isan action in eminent domain by which plaintiff sought to condemn twelve parcels of land, the properties of various defendants. Plaintiff is a mutual water company engaged in the business of supplying water to the lands of its stockholders for irrigation purposes and to the inhabitants of the city of Corona for domestic use. At the time the action was instituted, plaintiff was engaged in the construction of a dam on property which it owned in a certain canyon. The land on which the dam was being constructed is known as the “Van Fossen Property” and the dam is generally referred to as the “Van Fossen dam”. The various parcels of land sought to be condemned were sought by plaintiff to form part of a reservoir to be created by the impounding of water behind the Van Fossen dam. Of the various parcels of land thus sought to be condemned, the largest is a parcel which is designated as parcel No. 12 owned by defendants Bertha T. Kuert and Ira J. Kuert. This parcel comprises an entire section of land. Following the conclusion of the trial which was had béfore the court and a jury, impaneled for the purpose, the jury returned verdicts fixing the reasonable market value of the various…