People ex rel. Department of Public Works v. Jones

The sole issue on this appeal is whether certain instructions in an eminent domain proceeding were prejudicially erroneous.

After the jury initially had retired to deliberate, it returned to the court on two different occasions; on the first presented three questions by which it elicited instructions upon the law; and on the second occasion presented an additional four questions by which it elicited further instructions.

The first two questions so presented indicated that the jurors wanted to know whether, in determining the issue of value and damages, they were “bound” to accept the opinion of…