Portland & O. C. Ry. Co. v. Ladd Estate Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. This is a suit by the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company, a corporation, against the Ladd Estate Company, a corporation, to condemn a strip of land about 25 feet in width and 6,080 feet long through an unplatted, undeveloped tract of land in the City of Portland containing about 269 acres.
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From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. This is a suit by the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company, a corporation, against the Ladd Estate Company, a corporation, to condemn a strip of land about 25 feet in width and 6,080 feet long through an unplatted, undeveloped tract of land in the City of Portland containing about 269 acres. This body of land lies between the additions known as Eastmoreland and Westmoreland, of which the unsold portions belong to the defendant. The complaint is in the usual form, and the answer thereto admits the failure of the parties…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Benson
1. We shall first consider defendant’s assignment of error to the effect that the court erred in permitting the president and chief engineer of plaintiff to testify as to negotiations had with property owners along the line of the proposed railroad for purchases from them of right of way and yardage and as to prices at which such owners offered to sell lands. It has been held by this court that such testimony is not admissible to prove value, and can be justified only when admitted upon cross-examination to test the knowledge of the witness: Oregon R. & N. Co. v. Eastlack, 54 Or. 196 (102…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Washburn v. Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Oregon R. & N. Co. v. EastlackOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Pacific Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Elmore Packing Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1912
- Beekman v. Jackson CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1890
- Coos Bay R. R. v. NoslerOregon Supreme Court · 1897
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