Masheter v. Wood

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the admission of opinion testimony of expert appraisal witnesses, averring the reasonable probability of a zoning change to a higher nse classification, is competent and admissible in a land appropriation proceeding. We hold that it is not.

The rule of valuation in land appropriation proceedings in Ohio is not based upon “what the property is worth for any particular use but what it is worth generally for any and all uses for which it might be suitable, including the most valuable uses to which it can reasonably and practically be adapted.”…