Saratoga Fire Protection District v. Hackett

Opinion

PREMO, Acting P. J.

Defendant W. Charles Hackett 1 appeals judgment in an eminent domain proceeding brought by plaintiff Saratoga Fire Protection District in which defendant was not allowed to produce evidence that his Saratoga office building was worth $3.2 million at the time of trial. Defendant contends California’s eminent domain law is unconstitutional as applied to him because the mandatory use of the date the complaint was filed as the valuation date denied him “just compensation” by depriving him of the $1.2 million he claims the value of the property increased in the year…