Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal Railroad v. Elliott

This is an expropriation suit, and the property involved is an unimproved lot situated at the corner of Adams and Anson streets in the town of McDonoughville, parish of Jefferson. The lot fronts 64 feet on Adams street, with a depth of 160 feet, English measure.

The right of the plaintiff to obtain judicially a fee-simple title to the land is not questioned. The contest is as to the value of the land.

The plaintiff offered $1,800, the defendant claimed $4,000, and the jury of freeholders awarded $3,500. The plaintiff has appealed on the hypothesis that the verdict of the jury is grossly…