Vircillo v. State

— Judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either party. Memorandum: In affirming the award made by the Trial Judge we disapprove the method of proof employed by claimant. To establish the value of the property taken, the State introduced evidence of *535comparable sales and also the appraisal o£ a qualified expert based upon those sales. However, claimant relied solely upon the opinion of a licensed real estate broker, who gave no supporting data for his opinion, which was based upon none of the scientific approaches to- real estate valuation. Under the facts and…