Holcombe v. City of Houston

BELL, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation case. The appel-lee condemned 4.002 acres of land belonging to Oscar F. Holcombe and the jury found the value of the land taken to be $95,700 on June 1, 1951. The trial court also awarded interest on this amount from January 1, 1953 to October 15, 1954. This represents an award of $23,913 per acre or 56 cents per square foot. Mr. Holcombe was dissatisfied with the amount awarded by the jury and has appealed.

Appellant has assigned 13 Points of Error. However, they really present these basic questions:

1. Did the court err in allowing Mr. Sturman to…