Bert Ruud and Emma Ruud v. United States

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

An action for condemnation of three parcels of land in Idaho belonging to appellants was brought by the government. There is but one question of importance *461raised. The trial court refused to allow certain farmers, who testified they were well acquainted with the parcels of land and that they knew the farming practices in the vicinity and the value of lands in the particular neighborhood, to give opinions either as to the highest and best use to which the parcels could be put on the date of taking or as to the fair market value of the lands involved in the action…