City of Beaumont v. Kinard

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is a condemnation case in which the City of Beaumont took a 10-foot strip in fee. No part of the buildings on the remainder was located on the strip taken. Defendants are George Kinard and wife, as owners, and Electrical Machinery and Repair, Inc., as lessee. Trial was by jury and the City appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The jury found the value of the strip taken to be $4,112 and then a difference of $13,302 in the before and after values of the remainder. No complaint is made on this appeal as to the value of the strip taken.

The City has a series of…