Allen v. Superior Court of Santa Barbara County

Plaintiff, in the process of widening one of its streets named Arlington Avenue, brought this action seeking to take 32 feet in depth from the front of seven parcels of residence property. During trial, over the objection of plaintiff the trial court caused the jury to view the premises. There was received in evidence over the objection of plaintiff the testimony of a nurseryman as to the cost of moving or replacement of shrubs necessarily required to be relocated in house moving on land not taken and the fair market value of trees, shrubs and flowers on the land taken.