PEARSALL v. RICHMOND REDEVELOPMENT & HOUSING

Record No. 761445.

242 S.E.2d 228 (1978)

John W. PEARSALL v. RICHMOND REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene W. McCaul, Richmond (McCaul, Grigsby & Pearsall, Richmond, on briefs), for plaintiff in error.

W. S. Cudlipp, Jr., Richmond (Cudlipp & Runkle, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and COMPTON, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this eminent domain proceeding instituted under Virginia's Housing Authorities Law (hereinafter the Act), Code §§ 36-1 to 55.6, we consider a question of evidence and the problem of so-called "condemnation blight", a condition which often stems from urban renewal projects.

This action was filed on December 23, 1975 by appellee Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, Code §...

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