Hartman Tobacco Co. v. Argraves

This application for appraisal fees is brought under § 13-150 of the 1958 Revision, which provides that, in condemnations by the highway commissioner, “[i]f the amount of the reassessment [by a state referee] of such damages awarded to any such property owner exceeds the amount of the assessment of such damages by the highway commissioner for such land, said court or such judge shall award to such property owner such appraisal fees as said court or such judge determines to be reasonable.” The quoted phrase was an amendment to the existing statute (Rev. 1949, § 2267) and was passed by the…