Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the City of Springfield v. Holland

BILLINGS, Judge.

A Greene County jury awarded the defendant $92,000.00 for plaintiff’s taking by condemnation defendant’s land and building, as part of urban renewal, in the downtown Springfield area. Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in permitting evidence of reproduction cost and non-comparable sales to be heard by the jury and further complains that the verdict was excessive. We affirm.

*470The Odd Fellows building was a three-story brick and tile structure with a full basement. The first floor contained commercial office space a part of which was rented to tenants. A kitchen and dining…