STATE, BY COM'R OF TRANSP. v. Carroll

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

In this condemnation case, the State sought to acquire a portion of the frontage of private property to widen a highway. The property owner challenged the action on the grounds that the State, contrary to requirements of statute, failed to conduct bona-fide negotiations prior to the condemnation. The trial court found that the State had not conducted bona-fide negotiations because of deficiencies in the State’s appraisal, inter alia, the omission of information relating to increased traffic noise, which the court considered to be a…