Biggers v. State

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit brought by the State against appellants for the taking of 88,601 sq. ft. of business land across U. S. Highway 67 from Big Town Shopping Center for the building of an overpass at that Highway and Shiloh Road in Dallas County. Appellee’s right, power and authority to condemn the land not being questioned, the case was submitted to the jury on three issues, with judgment rendered for $20,000 on their answers, of which the appellants complain as wholly inadequate and insufficient.

The landowners’ principal complaint in motion for new trial centers upon…