Lincoln County v. Brock
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Neal, J., entered May 19, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury assessing damages for the value of land, after a trial on the merits in a condemnation proceeding.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was brought by Lincoln county, for the purpose of condemning certain real estate for a public road. The jury assessed appellant’s damages at *15$202.25, the exact amount, which theretofore had been tendered by the county, and refused by appellant. Judgment of condemnation was made and entered, and this appeal is taken therefrom.
Appellant’s first assignment of error is that the court erred in giving the following instruction to the jury:
“In estimating defendant’s damages, you may take into consideration the difference, if any, between the value of the defendant’s land after the…
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