Independent School District v. C. B. Lauch Construction Co.

PORTER, Chief Justice.

On May 15, 1951, respondent instituted' condemnation proceedings seeking to condemn certain lands belonging to appellants- and others for public school purposes- Appellants answered denying the necessity for the condemnation and taking of their lands. Trial of the cause was had before the court sitting without a jury commencing October 17, 1951. The trial court found that the use for which it was sought to condemn the lands was a public use and found favorably to respondent on the question of the extent of, and necessity for, the taking of appellants’ lands; and on March…