Noyl Corporation v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST.

WOODRUFF, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit originally •filed by appellee, Houston Independent School District, against appellants, Noyl •Corporation, S-Terr, Inc., and Smish, Inc., in the County Court at Law of Harris •County, Texas, on November 21, 1956, to •condemn the fee-simple title to a segregated tract of 8.205 acres of land in the •subdivision known as Briarmeadow. The Commissioners, after a hearing on December 27, 1956, made an award on January 18, 1957, assessing appellants’ damages at $40,000. Timely objections were filed by appellants, and on March 29, 1957, appellee deposited…