Sumner v. State Highway Department

Hall, Judge.

In this action by the State Highway Department to condemn 10.604 acres of land and access rights in abutting land, the condemnees assign error on the judgment overruling their motion for new trial after a jury verdict awarding $18,578.38 for the land and consequential damages to their remaining land. Held:

1. The trial court did not err in overruling ground 4 excepting the admission of evidence of the sale price of another tract of land of 142 acres. The condemnees contend that this evidence was improperly admitted because there was no evidence showing that that land was in the…