Williams v. City of Ocala

WIGGINTON, Chief Judge.

Defendants in an eminent domain proceeding have appealed the final judgment appropriating for municipal purposes land owned by them, and fixing the compensation to be paid in accordance with the award made by the jury in its verdict. They contend that the trial court erred when it admitted in evidence certain testimony relating to the value of the land, and in denying their motion for a new trial because of allegedly prejudicial statements made by counsel for the city in his summation to the jury.

The City of Ocala brought this suit to acquire a compact parcel of land to…