State Highway Department v. Jackson

Fedton, Chief Judge.

This is a condemnation proceeding in which both the condemnor and the condemnee appealed from the award of the assessors in the amount of $3,350. At the trial of the appeal in the superior court the jury returned a verdict for $8,500, for which amount judgment was entered. The court thereafter denied the condemnor’s amended motion for new trial and error is assigned thereon.

The condemnee testified as follows: “In considering the value of my property and how much I have been damaged as the result of the taking by the State Highway Department, including the water damages and…