State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Autin

PONDER, Judge.

We granted an alternative writ ordering the trial court to grant discovery or in the alternative that the judge and/or respondent show cause why the writ should not be made peremptory. The respondent has filed a brief.

The sole issue is whether defendant’s expert appraiser shall be made to answer interrogatories on the comparable sales he considered.

We make the writ peremptory and order the disclosure of the comparables considered.

Plaintiff expropriated some property belonging to the defendant who afterwards transferred his right “to any proceeds or awards which may be granted”…