2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 26 - EMINENT DOMAIN
Chapter 11 - Evidence
Section 1103 - Trial in court on appeal

     § 1103.  Trial in court on appeal.
        At the trial in court on appeal:
            (1)  Either party may, as a matter of right, have the
        jury or the judge in a trial without a jury view the property
        involved, notwithstanding that structures have been
        demolished or the site altered, and the view shall be
        evidentiary. If the trial is with a jury, the trial judge
        shall accompany the jury on the view.
            (2)  If any valuation expert who has not previously
        testified before the viewers is to testify, the party calling
        the expert must disclose the expert's name and serve a
        statement of the valuation of the property before and after
        the condemnation and the expert's opinion of the highest and
        best use of the property before the condemnation and of any
        part remaining after the condemnation on the opposing party
        at least ten days before the commencement of the trial.
            (3)  The report of the viewers and the amount of their
        award shall not be admissible as evidence.

        Cross References.  Section 1103 is referred to in section
     1104 of this title.

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