Legal Opinion
City of Shreveport v. Shreve Land Investors Partnership
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 24, 1990No. 21100-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARVIN, Judge.
In this appeal arising out of the city’s expropriation of a strip of land from a 31-acre tract for the extension of a city street, both the city and the landowner complain of the trial court’s valuing the land at $60,000 per acre.
The city contends the land should have been valued at no more than $45,000 per acre, the city’s highest appraisal and the amount the city deposited in the court registry. The landowner contends the land should have been valued at what its appraiser suggested (more than $100,000 per acre), and seeks to increase the award. The litigants also contest, in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State, Department of Highways v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- State, Through Department of Highways v. HoytSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State, Department of Highways v. MedicaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. ThurstonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Parish of East Baton Rouge v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
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3Cited by2 opinions
- West Jefferson Levee D. v. Coast QualitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- City of Shreveport v. Shreve Land Investors PartnershipSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990