In re the Incorporated Village of Hempstead

In this eminent domain proceeding, the claimant seeks a subpoena duces tecum directing the condemnor to produce, at an examination before trial “ all appraisals submitted to any governmental agency or department or to the petitioner pertaining to Damage Parcel 7-6.”

The attorney for the petitioner asserts that if the appraisals are the property of the Federal Government, this court cannot issue a subpoena and that the records would be inadmissible at the trial.

The question concerning the ownership of the appraisals is not sufficiently explored either in fact or law by petitioner to warrant a…