BRINK ET UX v. Multnomah County

The defendant county initiated a condemnation proceeding to acquire a portion of plaintiffs’ land for the purpose of relocating and widening a county road. The Board of County Commissioners fixed the damages for the taking at $5,725. Plaintiffs appealed to the Circuit Court for Multnomah County and obtained a verdict and judgment for $8,000, together with interest. Plaintiffs appeal from that judgment, assigning as error the exclusion of certain evidence which they sought to elicit from Elmer Kolberg, a witness called on their behalf.

When Kolberg was called as a witness, defendant’s counsel…