Redevelopment Commission of Winston-Salem v. Hinkle

Petitioner offered in evidence deeds conveying the property to defendants. When the .evidence was offered, counsel for petitioner, in response to an inquiry by the court as to the purpose for which the evidence .was offered, said “for the purpose of showing from the stamps thereon wihat the respondents paid for the property.” The •court excluded the evidence. True, as -argued by petitioner, the 'amount voluntarily .paid by a purchaser is some evidence of value at that time. Palmer v. Highway Comm., 195 N.C. 1, 141 S.E. 338. Its probative value at a later date depends upon similarity of…