So....just how many pieces of property have you seized by the use of Eminent Domain proceedings? What about "he doesn't want to sell it" don't you understand? Just because the city wants it doesn't meant that they should just be able to take it!
None, the elected boards did have to invoke ED but each one was resolved without going the full distance in court. Each owner got more that the original offer but not as much as they wanted.
Only two got that close. Of course we were just trying to re-build/widen and existing public road, which had nothing to do with supporting some fat cat developer. But if you could hear those two property owners even to this day they will tell you how they got screwed by the gubmint.
One of them had the nerve to claim additional property that belonged to an irrigation district and even though we had those deeds he still got paid for it and I was screaming at our attorney that was fraud but he just let it go to end the situation.
And OBTW we still ended up in lawsuits with them for their claim of violating their federal civil rights. They didn’t win those either.