North Coast Railroad v. Gentry

Citations

• 58 Wash. 82
• 107 P. 1060
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 895

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain—Rights oe Lessee—Pleadings—Intervention. A lessee of property condemned, being entitled to separate damages, may intervene under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 202, providing tberefor if any person bas an interest in tbe subject-matter.</p> <p>Eminent Domain—Appeal—Harmless Error. In condemnation proceedings, tbe owner is not prejudiced by a stipulation before trial between tbe relator and an intervening lessee agreeing to tbe amount of damages to be awarded to tbe lessee by reason of bis leasehold.</p> <p>Evidence—Experts—Competency—Land Values. Upon an issue as to tbe value of certain city real estate, tbe competency of a real estate broker is shown, and it is error to exclude his testimony, where it appears that he had been engaged in the real estate business in the city for 19 years, had' bought and sold property for himself and others, and was acquainted with city real estate values, and based his knowledge partly upon recorded prices, including sales made by one of the parties, and of other sales in the vicinity known to him, and had appraised other property one block distant.</p>