Tross v. Johnstown Redevelopment Authority

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

In this eminent domain case, we are called upon to determine the propriety of the action of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County in granting a new trial after trial had been held and after the jury had returned a verdict of $140,000 as just compensation for the taking of the property involved.

The lower court, in its opinion of August 30, 1971, gave the following reasons for the grant of a new trial: (1) it was improper for the condemnor’s expert to testify as to the valuation of the property on the basis of the three approaches outlined in Section 705 of…