Legal Opinion
Harrington v. Vermont Agency of Transportation
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 4, 2009No. 08-322Published
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. Plaintiffs, the owners of a parcel of land in Bennington, appeal from a jury verdict awarding them *618$4,095 in compensation for the State’s taking of a strip of their property by eminent domain to widen a highway. Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in excluding evidence relating to nearby land sales to the condemning authority, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). We affirm.
¶ 2. The pertinent facts are undisputed and may be briefly recounted. Plaintiffs own a parcel of land on Route 9 in Bennington. Defendant VTrans is reconstructing this section of Route 9 in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- Hannan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- O'Malley v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Rostine v. City of HutchinsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
- State v. DerouchieSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
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