State v. Bristol Hotel Asset Co.

In this condemnation case, the State of Texas challenges the damages awarded to Bristol Hotel Asset Company. Because the trial court admitted evidence of non-compensable damages, we remand the case for a new trial.

In order to widen part of Loop 410 in San Antonio, the State condemned 0.107 acres of a 5.003-acre hotel property owned by Bristol near the airport. Before the taking, the hotel had three entrance driveways: an eastern driveway with a very steep grade, a center main driveway that was also fairly steep and led to the hotel’s porte cochere, and a western driveway with a flat, two-way…