Gulf States Utilities Company v. Austin

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This is an eminent domain case, in which appellant, Gulf States Utilities Company acquired a transmission line easement through and on appellee’s 80-acre tract of land. Following the Special Commissioners’ award Gulf States duly appealed to the County Court of Chambers County where the trial was to a jury. It was there stipulated that the only issue in the case was the value of the rights acquired and the damages, if any, to the remainder.

The trial resulted in a judgment for the landowners in the sum of $18,215. Such judgment was composed of $8,100 for 8.49 acres of…