Billard v. Honesdale Borough

Per Curiam,

This was an appeal by the plaintiffs from an award of viewers in connection with the relocation of State Highway Route No. 6 in the Borough of Honesdale. The only assignment of error is to the refusal of defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was “exorbitantly excessive and out of all proportion to the actual damage suffered.”

As relocated the new highway took nearly all of the plaintiffs’ lot not occupied by buildings, and the rear of the dwelling house now fronts on the highway. The trial jury viewed the property.

The testimony of the husband plaintiff…