Scott v. Central Valley Railroad

Citations

• 33 Pa. Super. 574
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 339

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Eminent domain — Condemnation proceedings — Bond—Incorporation of company — Evidence—Experts.</p> <p>Where a railroad company has filed a bond to secure the payment of damages for land condemned, and the bond has been approved by the court, title to the easement passes to the railroad company, and the landowner’s remedy is upon the bond in connection with the statutory provisions for assessment and collection of damages.</p> <p>Witnesses called in condemnation proceedings are competent to express an opinion upon values, where it appears that they resided in the immediate neighborhood, had been well acquainted with the property prior and subsequent to the entry of the railroad, knew its surroundings and the improvements on it, knew the general value of lands in the immediate vicinity of like character, and of such sales as had been made, together with the general asking value of similar property in that neighborhood.</p>