WILSON REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION v. Stewart

The first assignment of error is stated thusly: Did the trial court err in overruling the objection to testimony brought out on cross-examination of respondents’ witness regarding sales which petitioner deemed to be comparable to the property condemned without first making a preliminary finding that the sales were, in fact, comparable?

The respondents’ witness testified to the value of certain property which he deemed comparable and on which he had relied in appraising the property in question. Thereafter, on cross-examination, the witness was questioned about these parcels and was then asked…