Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Price v. 2.7089 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided June 27, 1969PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STOREY, Judge.

The question for determination is whether the testimony of the defendants’ experts on the damages due defendants, for the taking by the State of 2.7089 acres of his 21 acre tract, is admissible, since the testimony was based on a stated number of subdivision lots and their expected purchase price and since there was no reasonable probability of subdivision.

At the outset, it should be noted that this is a partial taking case. The plaintiff argued that the whole 21 acres before taking the 2.7089 acres was valued at approximately $3,000.00 per acre and that after taking, the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. In Re Widening of Fulton StreetMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Lustine v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
  3. Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
  4. Rothenberger Et Ux. v. Reading CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  5. W. A. Manda, Inc. v. City of OrangeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1912

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Fruit Growers Express Co. v. City of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
  2. State ex rel. Secretary of the Department of Transportation v. Roseann H. Harkins Revocable Trust Dated October 26, 1994Superior Court of Delaware · 1997

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