State v. Robertson

This is an appeal by the State in a highway condemnation proceeding following a trial by jury resulting in a verdict and judgment for appellee-landowners in the sum of $25,000.00. A brief chronology of procedural events accurring prior to the trial on damages is necessary to understand the alleged errors upon which the State bases this appeal. An order of appropriation of a portion of appellees’ tract of land was made without legal objection by appellees, following the filing of the complaint, and appraisers were appointed. The appraisers filed their report and both the State and…