City of Holland v. Green

This is a condemnation case and comes to the Court by leave to appeal. It involves taking land by the City of Holland for widening a street. The jury below awarded the defendants $5,000.

After the jury’s verdict, the defendants moved to have their expert witness fees taxed to plaintiff city. They asked the lower court to award $1,408.32 to Jack Smith and $1,168.42 to Andrew Johnson for appraising the value of defendants’ property.

The trial court heard the testimony of Johnson that $200 per day ($25 per hour) was the standard rate and the testimony of Lucien Raven, plaintiff’s expert, that the…