Farr v. State Highway Board

At the trial below, the jury awarded the plaintiffs $24,000.00 for land taken in highway condemnation proceedings. The defendant comes here on appeal questioning whether the trial court properly admitted testimony from three expert witnesses' for the plaintiff. They gave valuation testimony concerning the real estate in question. The defendant-appellant claims they were not qualified to do so. The complaint is not that the witnesses were unqualified by virtue of training and experience to testify; rather, the defendant’s objection is that the witnesses’ familiarity with the property itself…