STATE v. WILSON

SC 630.

298 So.2d 6 (1974)

STATE of Alabama v. Louie C. WILSON et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCorquodale & McCorquodale, Jackson, for the State.

Edward P. Turner, Jr., Chatom, and Adams, Gillmore & Adams, Grove Hill, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

This is a highway condemnation suit. The trial court permitted witnesses to testify, over objection by the state, about offers made for property located near the condemned tract. The state claims that the admission of this evidence is reversible error. We agree.

The landowner does not argue that offers to sell comparable property are admissible. He admits that the general rule provides otherwise. But he claims the admission of...

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