What, you don’t believe in the “If you like your house, you can keep your house” doctrine?
It’s dangerous to shrug off a unjust government taking by saying “Oh, well, they got more money for it than they would today”.
That’s the slippery slope we’ve taken all to often in this country.
Aggie,
My first statement was that I did not agree with the decision. However, in this case it may have worked out well for the seller. Please reread my post.
FYI, My father had a 500 acre farm taken by eminent domain in 1963. They turned it into part of a wildlife refuge. He always said he was underpaid because his land was worth more than the “fair market value” for farmland in that county because of the amount of topsoil on the property. So I have some firsthand/second hand knowledge of an eminent domain case in my immediate family.