Contra Costa Water District v. Bar-C Properties
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SMITH, J.
In this eminent domain action, a jury awarded defendants Bar-C Properties, Steven A. Capozzo and Victor Barulich (collectively Bar-C), $312,000 as compensation for the taking by plaintiff Contra Costa Water District of 43.56 acres of unimproved real property belonging to Bar-C.
Bar-C appeals from the ensuing judgment, alleging improper exclusion of the testimony of some of its witnesses, abuse of discretion in excluding small lot sales as comparables, and other assertedly erroneous evidentiary rulings. We affirm.
Background
In 1988 (further unspecified dates are to that calendar…
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