Baylin v. State Roads Commission

COUCH, Judge.

This appeal involves the question of the measure of compensation to be applied where approximately 30 years elapses between the initial design of a highway project and the ultimate taking of private property for a substantially enlarged public project. The issue now before the Court is whether evidence of enhanced value, under the circumstances present here, may be introduced at a jury trial on the issue of just compensation. We granted certiorari prior to consideration by the Court of Special Appeals to address this issue of first impression in Maryland.

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The Facts

In 1948,…