County of Harris v. Black

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

Condemnation case brought by Harris County, appellant, against the landowner, W. D. Black, Jr., appellee.

The Harris County Commissioners Court was in the process of authorizing certain condemnations for general roadway purposes. All of the property needed for the particular roadway was not authorized at one instance but rather the property was approved a few tracts at a time. In the instant case, the Commissioners Court, by appropriate order, designated three tracts of land for condemnation. Two of these are not in issue here. The third was a large triangular shaped…