Trustees of Cincinnati Southern Railway v. Banning

This was an action to appropriate real estate for railroad purposes, and the errors assigned relate to the admission and rejection of evidence, the charge of the court, and error assigned in a cross petition in error.

In our judgment the trial court was right in permitting the witnesses offered by the defendant to testify as to the value of the property sought to be appropriated. They were qualified to pass on the market value of the property because they were business men of large experience, acquainted with the property and property in the neighborhood, and had knowledge of the value of this…