Opinion ID: 1794035
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Heading: refused jury instruction

Text: NRD contends that the trial court erred in refusing its offered instruction that any decrease or increase in the fair market value of real property prior to the date of valuation caused by the likelihood that the property would be acquired for the public improvement for which such property is acquired, other than due to physical deterioration within the reasonable control of the owner, shall be disregarded in determining the compensation of the property. To establish reversible error from a court's refusal to give a requested instruction, an appellant has the burden to show that (1) the appellant was prejudiced by the court's refusal to give the tendered instruction; (2) the tendered instruction is a correct statement of the law; and (3) the tendered instruction is warranted by the evidence. Rose v. City of Lincoln, 234 Neb. 67, 449 N.W.2d 522 (1989). NRD contends that the instruction was necessary because Shaner and his mother deeded the property to Shaner's children in anticipation of the taking of the 61.43 acres. NRD's argument establishes neither prejudice nor that the instruction is warranted by the evidence. The record does not reflect, and NRD does not guide us to where in the record it would reflect, any increase or decrease in the value of the property caused by the likelihood of the acquiring of the property for public improvement.