Texas Electric Service Company v. Vest

FRASER,. Justice.

This is a condemnation suit whereby appellant condemned a S0-foot strip across eight sections of land out of 37 sections of land owned by the appellee. The jury found that the value of the land taken was the sum of $17,064, and that the remainder of appellee’s land was damaged $1 per acre. The court entered judgment for $23,004 damage to the remainder of appellee’s land, making a total judgment of $40,068. Appellant has appealed from this judgment.

Appellant’s first three points deal with the jury’s answer to Issue No. 2, which answer found that the strip of land condemned had…