Gaumont v. State Highway Commissioner

This is an eminent domain proceeding instituted by the State Highway Commissioner to acquire title to a certain house and lot owned by Ida L. Gaumont and Francis J. Gaumont, her husband. The commissioners appointed to ascertain the value of the property to be taken awarded $5500 to the landowners, and from an order overruling exceptions to their report and confirming the award we granted the landowners a writ of error.

The landowners' contend that the court erred in (1) excluding certain evidence, and (2) refusing certain instructions.

The evidence shows that the property to be taken is located…