State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

HALL, Judge.

In this expropriation suit the Department of Highways appeals from judgment awarding defendants, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company and Continental Can Company, Inc., $49,210 as the fair market value of property taken and $9,300 as the three-year rental value of a construction servitude required by the Department’s work in widening U.S. Highway 167 between the Town of Jonesboro and the Village of Hodge. Plaintiff alleges as error the trial judge’s valuation of the property and also argues that expert witness fees assessed by the court are excessive.

The property…