Board of Lucas County Commissioners v. Mockensturm

Sherck, Judge.

This appeal comes to us from a judgment rendered by the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas on a jury verdict that established the amount of compensation due a landowner in an appropriation action. Because the trial court erred when it allowed the jury to consider the effect of the landowner’s property interest in an adjacent parcel of land, we reverse.

Appellant is Carl B. Mockensturm, trustee of the Mockensturm Trust. The trust owns real property on south McCord Road in Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio, also known as Lots 2 and 3 in Dorcas Farms Subdivision. Appellant…