Bartage, Inc. v. Manchester Housing Authority

The main issue the court is asked to decide is whether evidence of reproduction cost is admissible as an element or circumstance to be considered in arriving at the fair market value of condemned property. This issue as well as defendant’s exceptions to a failure to grant a requested instruction and to the exclusion of evidence of repairs after condemnation were reserved and transferred by Dunfey, J., after a jury trial with a view resulted in a $145,000 verdict for the plaintiff.

Plaintiff owned the Bartage Hotel which was situated on 10,350 square feet of land located on Pine Street in…