OWENS, J.S.C.
The condemnee, Bayonne Barrel & Drum Co., has applied to the court for an award of legal fees and expert witness fees as an element of damages. This motion was made after a struck jury had returned a verdict of $2,767,000 as damages in the eminent domain proceeding. Prior to that the condemnation commissioners had made an award of $2,873,904 as representing just compensation for the taking of the defendant's property.
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