People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Forster

In this condemnation action plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding defendants $333,100 as the value of land taken for highway purposes, plus $30,000 severance damage, or a total of $363,100. As hereinafter appears, we have concluded that there is no merit in plaintiff’s contentions, 1) that the trial court committed prejudicial error in receiving in evidence over plaintiff’s objection an admission or declaration of value in a document referred to as an offer of “compromise” made by plaintiff’s agent to defendants during negotiations prior to trial, and…