State Highway Commission v. Jones

This is an action to acquire land by condemnation for highway purposes. Plaintiff, the State of Oregon, appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for defendants in the amount of $43,565.

The first assignment of error is based upon the trial court’s refusal to sustain an objection to the admission of testimony of Peter Bateman given in support of the estimated value of defendants’ land. Bateman was allowed to testify to the demand for gravel material and its price per yard. Another witness testified that the land taken by the state contained approximately 467,000 cubic yards of gravel. Thus…