Housing Authority of Atlanta v. REPUBLIC LAND & INVESTMENT COMPANY

Hall, Presiding Judge.

The condemnor appeals from the verdict and judgment following an appeal to a jury on the issue of value. The verdict was for $6,500. The condemnor’s experts appraised the land at $4,500.

1. The condemnor contends the court erred in admitting testimony concerning a $6,000 appraisal made by a bank for loan purposes in 1963 as too remote in time to be relevant. We would agree had the appraisal been offered to show value. However, the point arose during cross examination of the condemnor’s expert witness on how he arrived at his opinion of value. He stated that he had looked…