City of Dallas v. Hallum

YOUNG, Justice.

The record plainly reflects reversible error in this: Admission by the court, over appellant’s objection, of facts concerning the closing of a portion of South Lamar Street and loss of flow of traffic, in proof of damages resulting to the remainder of their property (defendants’ witness Knapp attributing the sum of $13,500 to such cause and Cowley, about $12,000); said closing of street occurring more than two years after the 1951 taking and constituting a wholly improper element of recoverable damage. A further résumé of the litigation from its inception is in order (appellant…