STATE v. 0.0673 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.


224 A.2d 598 (1966)

The STATE of Delaware upon the relation of Henry T. PRICE, Lemuel H. Hickman, Thurman Adams, Jr., Harry Bonk, William G. Dorsey, C. Wardon Gass, Frank H. Mackie, Jr., Albert S. Moor, George M. Nelson, Elmer Pratt and Walter L. Wheatley, Constituting the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 0.0673 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN BALTIMORE HUNDRED, SUSSEX COUNTY, Delaware, and Carey D. Sapp and Dorothy L. Sapp, his wife, owners, Defendants-Appellees. 0.0673 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN BALTIMORE HUNDRED, SUSSEX COUNTY, Delaware, and Carey D. Sapp and Dorothy L. Sapp, his wife, owners, Appellants, v. The STATE of Delaware upon the relation of Henry T. PRICE, Lemuel H. Hickman, Thurman Adams, Jr., Harry Bonk, William G. Dorsey, C. Wardon Gass, Frank H. Mackie, Jr., Albert S. Moor, George M. Nelson, Elmer Pratt, and Walter L. Wheatley, Constituting the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

November 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Tunnell, of Tunnell & Raysor, Georgetown, for plaintiff below, appellant on appeal and appellee on cross-appeal.

Houston Wilson, Georgetown, for defendants below, appellees on appeal and appellants on cross-appeal.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice; HERRMANN, Justice, and MARVEL, Vice Chancellor, sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice:

In this condemnation case we are called upon to determine (1) upon the appeal of the plaintiff condemnor, the scope of the rule permitting the admission of evidence of sales of similar properties and of the purchase price paid for the same property; and (2) upon the cross-appeal of the defendant property owners, whether 10 Del. C. § 61111 precludes the application of 10...

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