Stafford Regional Airport Commission v. Lawrence

By Judge James W. Haley, Jr.

In this condemnation action, condemner by motion in limine seeks to prohibit the use by condemnee of five specific alleged comparable sales and an evaluation approach it deems developmental.

The condemned property is a twenty-eight acre parcel zoned A-l (agricultural) on which sits a modest bungalow. The property fronts on a winding two-lane secondary road. Public water is available off-site. Public sewer is not.

All of the five proffered comparables are zoned either M-2 (heavy industrial), M-l (light industrial), or B-2 (urban commercial). Four of the parcels range…