Section 20 Assemblage

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

Proof of use of lands in combination with other lands not owned by the condemnee may be considered in a condemnation case if the possibility of this connection is reasonably sufficient to affect market value. United States v. 70.39 Acres of Land, 164 F. Supp. 451 (D.C. Cal. 1958). Courts have recognized that compensation in a condemnation can be based, in part, on the reasonable probability of combination with adjacent lands. See:

• N.J. Turnpike Auth. v. Bowley, 143 A.2d 558 (N.J. 1958)

• United States ex rel. and for Use of Tenn. Valley Auth. v. Powelson, 319 U.S. 266 (1943)

• State by Comm’r of Transp....