Legal Opinion
State v. Oakley
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1962No. A-8520PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEAKLEY, JUSTICE.
In this condemnation proceeding the jury found the market value of the 66.1 acres of land taken was $62,500.00 and the judgment awarded respondents a recovery in this amount. Respondents appealed and the Court of Civil Appeals reversed and remanded the cause (346 S.W. 2d 943) upon the holding that the trial court erred in permitting an expert witness for the State to testify to the sale prices of several tracts of land, of which he did not have firsthand knowledge, for the purpose of *465showing part of the basis for his opinion of the market value of the land condemned. The…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- State v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- City of Austin v. CannizzoTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- United States v. 25.406 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- International Paper Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. 5139.5 Acres of Land, in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, S. C., Tract No. D-308Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Gomez Leon v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Lewis v. Southmore Savings AssociationTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- City of Fort Worth v. CorbinTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- Moore v. GranthamTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Warren v. Waterville Urban Renewal AuthoritySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
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