State v. William G. Rohrer, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mountain, J.

This is a condemnation suit. The State of New Jersey, acting through the Commissioner of Trans portation, initiated proceedings to condemn a portion of defendant’s property in order to widen a highway in the City of Camden. The taking included a strip of land and about 10% (31') of the front of a building that faced the highway. The trial court found that the fair market value of the property prior to the taking was $159,000 and that after taking the value of the property, still encumbered with the remnant of the building, was zero. It…