Henkel v. Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railroad

Citations

• 213 Pa. 485
• 62 A. 1085
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 512

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Eminent domain — Damages—Market value — Evidence as to sales in the neighborhood.</p> <p>In a proceeding to assess damages for land taken by a railroad company under the right of eminent domain, where it appears that the opinions of the landowner’s witnesses were based mainly if not exclusively on two sales of property in the immediate vicinity, the railroad company may show that the sales in question were made under special circumstances, and that the prices realized were greatly in excess of the market value, and were not a criterion thereof.</p>