New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority v. Cariddi

In this condemnation case the trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded defendant property owners $178,160, with interest, for their land. On appeal defendants alleged error in the admission of testimony by plaintiff’s real estate valuation expert, where one of the comparable sales relied upon by the expert for his valuation of the property was verified as to price only by inquiry of the attorney in the transaction and not of a principal or broker as provided by N.J.S.A. 2A:83-1. The Appellate Division affirmed the judgment, 164 N.J.Super. 127 (1978). We granted certification, 81 N.J. 41…