State Highway Commission v. Stockhoff

The State of Oregon brought this condemnation action to acquire a portion of defendants’ acreage for the conversion of part of State Highway No. 6 (the Old Oregon Trail Highway) to a limited access highway. The property to be acquired is a strip of land on either side of the existing highway. The state’s amended complaint alleged that the amount due defendants was $19,000. Defendants answered that just compensation was $100,000. The state appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict of $50,000, contending that the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence and refusing to give…