Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Armstrong

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth, Department of Highways, appeals from a judgment awarding the appellee landowners $67,500 for a tract of land taken by condemnation for highway purposes. The only question argued is whether the evidence has sufficient probative value to support the verdict.

The tract, all of which was condemned, was a triangular piece of 1.51 acres with three buildings on it. One of the witnesses for the Commonwealth attributed a value of $20,500 to the buildings and one of the witnesses for the landowners put the value of the buildings at $33,299. We think this testimony…