Andrus v. State Highway Department

1. Special grounds 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 insist that the trial judge erred in permitting the condemnor to introduce in evidence opinions of witnesses to the effect that the condemnee’s property had benefited and enhanced in value as a result of the construction, by the condemnor, of an expressway which did not touch any part of the condemnee’s property and was located some thousand or more feet therefrom. These grounds are without merit because the exit road did cross the property of the condemnee. The exit road being a part of the 4-lane expressway is the same thing and incapable of separation…