State Highway Commission v. Hooper

This is an action brought to condemn, for highway purposes, certain real property owned by the defendants Hooper, hereafter referred to as the defendants. After a verdict and judgment, the Highway Commission has appealed, claiming that the trial court erred in excluding certain testimony offered by the plaintiff, in admitting certain testimony offered by the defendants and in failing to give certain requested instructions. The basic question presented by the plaintiff’s assignments of error is the method of valuation to be used in determining just compensation when the parcel being taken is…