Legal Opinion · Dissent

City of Shreveport v. Abe Meyer Corp.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 19, 1951No. 39583Published

1Dissent

HAMITER,- Justice

(dissenting).

I see no necessity for the remanding of this case. It can, and should, be decided on the record as presently made up.

Assuming for the sake of argument that the district judge erred in not allowing some of the defense witnesses to express opinions as to what the value of the property would be to the owner for the restricted purpose of subdivision development to which it might he devoted in the future, such evidence, if received, could not change the result warranted by the proof which the record now contains.

Obviously the excluded opinions would be predicated on…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Louisiana Highway Commission v. GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  2. Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. v. SarpySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  3. Housing Authority of Shreveport v. HarkeySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  4. Succession of McDermottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915

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