context: At first blush, "[o]ffers made by buyers to owners would appear to be [competent] to show the value was at least equal to the offers." The former Fifth Circuit has so held in a host of condemnation cases in which a landowner sought to introduce evidence of an unaccepted offer.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 355 F.2d 811, 811-14
citation_a.parenthetical: holding to that effect with respect to unexercised options to purchase land, which the court likened to unaccepted offers
citation_a.sentence: See Smith, 355 F.2d at 811-14 (holding to that effect with respect to unexercised options to purchase land, which the court likened to unaccepted offers); cf. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 132 F.2d at 963 (affirming exclusion of expert opinions, apparently based largely upon asking price not accepted).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 132 F.2d 963, 963
citation_b.parenthetical: affirming exclusion of expert opinions, apparently based largely upon asking price not accepted
citation_b.sentence: See Smith, 355 F.2d at 811-14 (holding to that effect with respect to unexercised options to purchase land, which the court likened to unaccepted offers); cf. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 132 F.2d at 963 (affirming exclusion of expert opinions, apparently based largely upon asking price not accepted).