Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner v. DuVal

*681In this appeal of a condemnation award, we decide whether two prospective commissioners should have been disqualified for cause. We also consider an instruction dealing with a highway project’s impact upon the value of the property to be condemned as a part of that project.

On May 20, 1985 (the valuation date), the State Highway and Transportation Commissioner, now the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner (the Commissioner), recorded a certificate of deposit and, pursuant to Code § 33.1-122, thereby acquired 11.983 acres (the property) from a tract of approximately 200 acres in…