Maryville Housing Authority v. Ramsey

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

The primary question raised on this appeal is whether or not it was error for the trial court, in a condemnation suit, over objection of counsel, to permit a witness to testify as to the purchase price paid for an adjoining lot 12½ years prior to the taking on the theory that it constituted a comparable sale.

The parties will be referred to as Petitioner, Maryville Housing Authority, and Defendants, B. P. Ramsey and wife, Bonnie Kate Davis Ramsey, as they appeared in the trial court.

The Petitioner filed its suit in the Circuit Court of Blount County to condemn the…