"She said they had every intention of taking the case to court, but the fight got to be too expensive.
“All those things added up in my mind... this is ridiculous, we can never win and our money is not unlimited.
I have two kids in college this year."
The Barries said the slim odds laid out by a mediation judge also influenced them to settle.
"The judge, who was the mediator, basically told us, 'You're fighting Summit County, in the Summit County Courthouse with a Summit County jury and a Summit County judge that has to be re-elected by Summit County voters in November, you're not going to win'," said Ceil Barrie.
According to the county's statement, the deal "...will halt... repeated motorized travel in this region, which includes biologically sensitive public lands designated as non-motorized... The purchase will also put an end to the various commercial activities..."
The landowners said they never went off road and never had plans to build on the property. "
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