Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Raleigh

MOREMEN, Judge.

Appellant, Department of Highways, condemned two parcels of land of approximately one-twentieth of an acre each which belonged to appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh. The landowners were awarded the sum of $400.

The sole issue at the trial was the market value of the condemned land. The landowners’ witnesses valued the land taken at $750, $650, and $500. The Commonwealth’s witnesses valued the land at $15 and $13.

On this appeal it is argued that the court erred: (1) in refusing to strike from the evidence the testimony of Virgil Raleigh; (2) in failing to strike the testimony of two…