Priolo v. City of Dallas

I am not in accord with the majority in holding that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to allow the witness Joe Cole to testify as to the value of appellants’ liquor and grocery business located on the remainder of the property being condemned, as a separate item of damages in the condemnation proceedings. The reversal of this cause forcibly demonstrates that the great and inexcusable delay in the disposition of law suits is, in many instances, a distinct reproach to the administration of justice. Rule 434, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, provides: “ * * * no judgment…