Opinion ID: 2617645
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: admission of the projected hydroelectric project revenues was properly denied

Text: The Spences offered an exhibit which would have provided the jury with an estimate of the potential value of the hydroelectric rights. The trial court rejected the exhibit on the ground that it had not been available to appellants prior to the sale of the hydroelectric project. The Spences claim this was error because the document was being offered to prove the value of the hydro development opportunity and not the appellants' knowledge of this potential. There was no allegation, however, that the partnership sold the project for less than it was worth so that evidence of its true value would be relevant. The only allegation was that the partnership sold the project and received a substantial amount of money which it would not have obtained but for the fraud on the Spences. We find no error in the trial court's exclusion of the evidence.