State v. Morale

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, JUSTICE

*492This is an appeal from a condemnation award involving commercial property in Little Elm, Texas. The jury awarded Appellee Stephen Morale d/b/a Action Collision Repair and Appellee Kimberly Morale $1,064,335.00 for their property taken in the condemnation and for damages to their remainder property. In three issues, the State argues that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence that the Morales had at one time been classified by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as "displacees," by admitting evidence of an alternative compensation…