State v. Wilson

This is an action in eminent domain for the acquisition of a parcel of improved land for the construction of a state building in the city of Olympia. The land involved had been owned, used and occupied by the appellants, Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Wilson, for Dr. Wilson’s medical office and for apartment rentals. The case comes to us on a short record containing only the testimony of Dr. Wilson.

The assignments of error limit our consideration to whether the trial court was in error in excluding the valuation testimony of the owner and in comments made to the jury with reference to excluding the…