5 N.J. Misc. 10 | N.J. | 1926
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in the Hudson County Circuit Court, in favor of James Bowen against the state highway commission for the sum of $47,000. There was an award made to James Bowen by commissioners in a condemnation proceeding instituted by the state highway commission against the land of the former, and he being dissatisfied with the amount awarded to him by the commission for the taking of his property, appealed to the Hudson County Circuit Court, which appeal, after trial, resulted in the verdict as above stated.
The grounds of appeal relied on by the state highway commission are five in number, and are as follows: 1. The court permitted evidence to be introduced showing the selling prices at different times of property located at or near the corner of Communipaw avenue and Marcy avenue, which property is not substantially similar to the property under considera
It is manifest from a reading of these grounds of appeal that in none of them is the error relied on for a reversal of the judgment exhibited to this court, except in a most general and vague manner. There is no allegation in any of the first four grounds of appeal that the testimony introduced was against the objection of the defendant or that it was erroneously admitted. The fifth ground of appeal does not allege that the court erroneously refused to admit the evidence offered by the appellant. These objections might readily be ignored, but for the fact that all of them as set forth are conclusions of law based upon disclosed alleged specific rulings of the trial court on the admission and rejection of testimony. None of the four grounds discloses the testimony alleged to have been illegally admitted, and the fifth does not set forth the testimony illegally rejected. This method of presenting issues of law arising out of the admission or rejection of evidence is contrary to the well-settled legal rule on the subject.
In Kargman v. Carlo, 85 N. J. L. 632, the Court of Errors and Appeals (at p. 636), speaking through Mr. Justice Tren
Eor the defects pointed out in the grounds of appeal the appeal is dismissed, with costs.