Legal Opinion
City of New Orleans v. McKendrick
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 12, 1986No. CA 3897PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PRESTON H. HUFFT, Judge Pro Tem.
In a suit by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to expropriate property of a homeowner, the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans held the property should be taken and damages awarded based upon an appraisal of the property in its present state. The trial court specifically refused to consider the highest and best use of the property, and it declared that any appraisal based on the principle of highest and best use would be too speculative. The trial court fixed the value of the property at $220,000.00 and awarded this amount to the homeowner…
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- State Department of Highways v. KornmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
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