Turgeon v. Lewiston Urban Renewal Authority

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Lewiston Urban Renewal Authority, acquired by eminent domain a business block on Lisbon Street in Lewis-ton owned by the plaintiff. The plaintiff, “who (could) not agree with said authority for the price of the real property”, to use the words of the statute, brought the present complaint in the Superior Court for the assessment of damages by a jury. 30 M.R.S.A. § 4807. The jury found for the plaintiff in the amount of $60,000. The defendant appeals.

*174The sole issue for the jury was to determine the fair market value of the property at the time of the…