Legal Opinion
Hughes v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 10, 1957No. 3295PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LONG, Justice.
This is a condemnation proceeding brought by the State of Texas to acquire for road purposes approximately 20 acres of land adjacent to U. S. Highway 80 belonging to Jack Hughes. Commissioners were appointed, a hearing was had and an award of $81,766 was duly made and filed. Hughes, not being satisfied with the amount of the award, appealed to the County Court of Taylor County claiming only that the amount of the award was not the fair value of the land taken and asking for no damages to the remaining land. Upon the trial Hughes admitted that all of the prior proceedings in the…
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