(Download) "County Of Los Angeles V. Ortiz" by Supreme Court Of California # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: County Of Los Angeles V. Ortiz
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 30, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
Description
In these consolidated cases the County of Los Angeles instituted proceedings in eminent domain to acquire property owned by defendants. In each trial defendants called an appraiser as an expert witness and introduced into evidence a report prepared by him. Subsequently, defendants sought to tax as costs against the county the fee charged by the expert witness for his testimony and report. The county objected to the allowance of these items, and the trial court found in its favor. On this appeal defendants assert that the county must pay the fees of the expert witness by virtue of the prohibition of the United States Constitution and the California Constitution against the taking of private property for public use without just compensation. (U.S. Const., Amend. V; Cal. Const., art. I, § 14.)*fn1