Adams v. Houston Lighting & Power Company

In this proceeding the respondent has condemned two parcels of land belonging to the petitioners, one parcel consisting of 2.247 acres as a site for an electric power substation, and the other consisting of 6.982 acres to be burdened with a right of way for transmission lines. It was stipulated that respondent fully complied with all statutory requirements relating to the condemnation of the two easements, and that the only issue of fact to be determined in the trial was the market value of the right of way and easement and the amount of damages accruing to the remainder of petitioners’…