State v. Larson

In a condemnation proceeding instituted by the state of Washington, the jury awarded the defendants seventy-five hundred dollars for 8.1 acres for a gravel pit site, and an additional eight hundred dollars for a limited easement for ingress and egress thereto. The defendants have appealed.

Appellants assign error to the ruling of the court striking the testimony of several of their expert witnesses. The motion to strike the testimony was granted, when, upon cross-examination, it was established that the witnesses had based their opinion of the fair market value of the acreage involved solely…