Legal Opinion
City of Shreveport v. Youree
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 13, 1905No. 15,301PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by the city of Shreveport against Peter Youree. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
This is an expropriation case.
The judge properly refused to allow peremptory challenges in the selection of the jury of freeholders. Civ. Code, art. 2632.
As the jury were going out to view the premises, the judge charged them as follows:
“It is best for you to go and look at the ground in question, because, when you finally come to pass on the case, you may disregard the testimony as to the value of the lot, and affix such value for it as you may think it worth, independent of the testimony in the case.”
The defendant objecting to this charge, the judge added that such was the law, and that he…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Toledo, Ann Arbor & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. DunlapMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Cent. Pac. R.R. v. PearsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- Hoffmann v. AckermannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- In re Open & Widen Willis AvenueMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
- New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad v. McNeelySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. GreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- City of Shreveport v. PedroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- McKinnon v. PolkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Louisiana Highway Commission v. GiacconeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
- Housing Authority of New Orleans v. PolmerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
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