People v. Amadeo

In this condemnation proceeding the petitioners challenge certain rulings of the trial court regarding the admission of some of the evidence as well as the value it fixed on the condemned land. We shall examine the two problems separately.

I

First: As part of their evidence, the petitioners offered an opinion and judgment from the former Tax Court determining the assessment for tax purposes of certain lands *100similar to the ones condemned herein. The trial court rejected it on the ground that the valuation involved was different from the one required to be established in the suit. It appears in…