Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Blackburn

PALMORE, Judge.

Appealing from a judgment it regards as •excessive in this condemnation case, the Commonwealth asks that it be granted a new trial “with the specific direction that the taxpayers should not be liable for increments of land value created by the public improvement itself.” However, not a single error of any kind on the part of the trial court is cited to authorize or justify a reversal.

Shortly after the location of the improvement project had been established, neighboring property comparable with the property here in question was sold to Ash-land Oil and Refining Company for $30…