Supreme Court of Texas
CITY OF HARLINGEN v. THE ESTAE OF DAVID J. SHARBONEAU, 99-1118
In public taking cases, subdivision development analysis to determine a property's value is not admissible if it only determines what a developer could hypothetically afford to pay to profitably subdivide the property, not what it would pay in the competitive, risk-filled marketplace.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/17/2001
- Published 05/17/2001
Judges
- Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice ABBOTT, and Justice JEFFERSON.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Brendan Hall,Roger W. Hughes, Adams & Graham, Harlingen, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Phillip Ray Crecelius, Austin, Carlos Raul Cortez, Stewart H. Thomas, Beckham & Thomas, Dallas, for Respondent.