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Although condemning authorities possess the power of eminent domain, an owner is entitled to be made financially whole in a condemnation proceeding; e.g., the landowner is to be put in as good a position pecuniarily as he or she would have occupied if his or her property had not been taken. Compensation must be a full and perfect equivalent for the property:

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A condemnation case is an exercise in the law of eminent domain. The object of the exercise is to provide a landowner with just compensation. Just compensation is more tKan a remedy. It is a constitutional right.

Lkniglas K Baumgardner, a partner in the Washington, Virginia law firm of Baumgardner & Brown has practiced law for 31 years. He is a former Commonwealth Attorney, County Attorney, and a co-author of the Virginia State Bar CLE publication titled “Eminent Domain, State and Federal “ He has represented landowners and governmental agencies in eminent domain proceedings in state and federal courts He has participated in eminent domain cases in the counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Warren, Rappahannock Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Madison and

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