County of Los Angeles v. Ortiz
California Supreme Court
Phill Silver and Robert M. Silver for Defendants and Appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In these consolidated cases the County of Los Angeles instituted proceedings in eminent domain to acquire property owned by defendants. In each trial defendants called an appraiser as an expert witness and introduced into evidence a report prepared by him. Subsequently, defendants sought to tax as costs against the county the fee charged by the expert witness for his testimony and report. The county objected to the allowance of these items, and the trial court found in its favor. On this appeal defendants assert that the county must pay the fees of the expert wit:. ness by…
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