SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS v. Willis

WALKER, Justice.

Boles Home, a corporation, holds certain real estate in Hunt County under a contract and deed executed by W. F. Boles and Mary Barnhart Boles in 1923. These instruments recite that the land was conveyed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a home for orphans, and provide that the title thereto shall revert to the grantors, their heirs or legal representatives, if the property is ever diverted to other uses.

Sabine River Authority of Texas, an agency of the State with the power of eminent domain, decided to condemn part of the land. It instituted the present suit in…