Kilfasset Farms Dairy, Inc. v. State Highway Board

The State appeals a jury verdict and judgment thereon for damages resulting from the taking of lands and rights necessary for construction of Interstate 91 in the Town of Ryegate. One concise issue is raised by the appeal, the supportability of a general verdict within the over-all range of expert testimony, where one of the component special verdicts required by 12 V.S.A. § 1905 and 19 V.S.A. § 221(2) is higher than any of the evidence presented. The same general question was involved in Dunn v. State Highway Board, 135 Vt. 26, 370 A.2d 626 (1977), but was not then decided because our view…