Brannon v. State Roads Commission of the State Highway Administration

COLE, Judge.

In this case, we shall delineate the permissible scope of the landowner’s testimony in a condemnation proceeding where, for purposes of assessing the amount of damages caused by the partial taking, the before-taking and after-taking value of the landowner’s property is in dispute.

We summarize the facts as follows. The State filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County to acquire one-third of an acre from Mr. and Mrs. Brannon’s six and two-third acre residential property. The State deemed it necessary to condemn this portion of the Bran-non’s property to…