Leathers v. Leon County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Leon County Court; C. D. Craig, Judge. Proceeding by Leon County to lay out a road across the land of Mrs. M. C. Leathers. From decree of the commissioners’ court .awarding 'her insufficient damages, Mrs. Leathers appealed to the county court, which dismissed the 'cause, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
The nature of this suit may be stated as follows:
On the 29th day of July, 1919, a jury of view duly appointed by the commissioners’ court of Leon county to lay out a third-class road through the land of Mrs. M. C. Leathers, plaintiff herein, gave due notice to Mrs. Leathers of the time and place when they would proceed to lay out said road. On the same day, Mrs. Leathers filed with said jury her claim for $2,830 as the value of the land proposed to be taken for road purposes. The claim of Mrs. Leathers was rejected by the jury of view, and they assessed her damages at the sum of $150.
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