State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. El Dorado Properties

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[T]he rule allowing an owner to testify as to value with no qualification other than being an owner does not permit the owner to rely on impermissible criteria as the basis for that testimony.\
• “When [condemnor] came to believe that its original estimate of value was too high, it was entirely appropriate for it to amend its complaint to reflect that new evaluation.”
• “A landowner is entitled to receive just compensation for land taken for a public use, based on the value of the land at its highest and best use, which is the most profitable likely use of the property at the time of the taking.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).