People v. Werner

The state sued to condemn certain real property for park purposes; named as one of the defendants was appellant herein, Dalbert M. Greenleaf, owner of Parcel 58. The court sitting without a jury heard the matter on the sole issue of fair market value and entered an award for $100. In propria persona defendant Greenleaf appealed from the judgment; pending appeal he died and the administrator of his estate has been substituted in his place and stead.

Appellant’s only contention is the inadequacy of the award, which he predicates on a purely factual argument; he claims that inasmuch as Lot 507,…