Lone Star Gas Company v. Mitchell

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation case wherein Lone Star Gas Company, a public utility, condemned for pipeline purposes 3.22 acres of land out of a tract of approximately 320 acres of land in Van Zandt County, Texas, belonging to appellees. The easement condemned is a 50-foot strip extending across; the 320 acres of land, entering said tract on the east side and going in a westerly direction across said land, a distance of 170 rods. The easement was acquired by appellant so that it could lay a 12" gas pipeline-on the 3.22 acre easement. The pipe is. buried from 3½ feet to 4 feet…