Taub v. City of Deer Park

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Henry J.N. Taub appeals from a judgment awarding him approximately one-half the amount at which special commissioners valued his property in condemnation actions filed in county court by the City of Deer Park, appellee. The eminent domain actions, which sought rights-of-way for street improvements and flood control, were transferred to district court and consolidated with Taub’s suit to set aside the City Council’s unanimous decision refusing Taub’s request to rezone a portion of the tract from single-family to multi-family residential purposes. Taub also sought to…