School district filed eminent domain petition. The District Court entered judgment on jury verdict of $249,000 for landowners, and they appealed.
The Supreme Court of Kansas held that:
- Trial judge properly allowed landowner, who did not have appraisal expertise, to express a valuation opinion in eminent domain action, but appropriately excluded testimony that was not relevant to the jury’s determination, and
- Given landowner’s admission that he did not have appraisal expertise, landowner was not qualified to perform a cost appraisal, and therefore, trial judge did not abuse his discretion in excluding this evidence in eminent domain proceeding.