City of Houston v. Barshop

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment in a total taking condemnation action based on the answer of the jury to a single issue as to the value of the acreage acquired. The condemnor-appellant is the City of Houston who acquired this property as part of the *915Houston Jetero International Airport. The condertjnee-appellee, Joe Barshop, was the owner of 52.66 acres involved which will sometimes hereafter be referred to as the “Barshop tract.” The jury determined the market value on July 7, 1964, the date of taking, to be $168,152.00.

Appellant’s basic contention is that the court…