Wooten v. State of Texas

Mr. Judge Smedley,

of the Commission of Appeals delivered the opinion for the Court.

This is a proceeding instituted by the State of Texas, respondent, against petitioners, Joe S. Wooten and wife, for the condemnation of two tracts of land in Brewster County, to be used as a part of Big Bend National Park created by legislative enactment in 1939. Acts Regular Session, 46th Legislature, pp. 520-525. Judgment rendered by the county court condemning the land and assessing petitioner’s damages for the land taken at $400.00 was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. The opinion of that court has…