Detroit Board of Education v. Clarke

Plaintiff appeals from a jury verdict awarding defendant $7,000 for a parcel of land taken in a condemnation proceeding in 1977. Defendant has already been paid the full amount of the jury award. The only issue to merit discussion is the manner in which value should be assigned property in condemnation actions of this nature in the future.

Defendant was the owner of a two-family income flat. Testimony at trial indicated that defendant and other neighborhood residents became aware of the board of education’s intention to acquire land for Kettering High School in 1962. An inquiry as to the…