Court Opinion

ID: 9582080
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:22:15.147472+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:37:26.066804
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*179Weltner, Justice,
concurring specially.
I concur in the judgment for the reason that the City of Carrollton acknowledged through pleadings that it had knowledge of the claim of Johnson for damages as a result of the gunshot wound inflicted by Squires. For that reason, a failure to provide to Johnson the same notice (personal service) that it gave to the gunman and the hospital should be viewed as a fatal defect to the bar order.
Manifestly, the law must provide some reasonable means of determining ownership of property acquired in circumstances similar to those of this case, and it would be unreasonable to require personal service upon every potential claimant. Here, however, it is undisputed that the City knew of Johnson’s claim, the seriousness of it, the circumstances surrounding it, and where he might be served.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Justice Hill joins in this special concurrence.