State Ex Rel. Herman v. Transamerica Title Insurance

DONOFRIO, Acting Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment rendered in a condemnation action in accordance with a jury verdict of $124,600. Being an eminent domain proceeding, the sole issue determined in the trial court was the just compensation, i. e., fair market value, of the property condemned. Art. 2, § 17, Arizona Constitution, A.R.S. The State of Arizona, as plaintiff-appellant, (herein called the State) contests two evidentiary rulings made by the trial court during the course of the proceedings.

On October 29, 1968, in order to construct Interstate Highway 8, the State condemned…