Melendez v. State

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an eminent domain proceeding. The issues are whether the trial court committed reversible error by prohibiting testimony (1) from the landowner’s expert witness, as a sanction for inadequately supplementing interrogatory responses, and (2) concerning the value of certain steel trusses on the condemned land. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Background and procedural history

In 1976, Steve Melendez, a welder, bought a tract of land along the Eastex Freeway in anticipation of moving his business to a more visible location. He bought…