City of Dallas v. Steger

PHILLIPS, Justice.

This suit was brought in the County Court of Rockwall County, Texas by the City of Dallas for the purpose of condemning 10.71 acres of land out of a 112.6-acre tract of land in Rockwall County, Texas. In a jury trial, three issues were submitted covering the value of the land taken and the damages to the remainder. The effect of the answers was to award $175,427.25 for the 10.71 acres taken and damages.

We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case.

Appellant City of Dallas is before us with thirteen points of error, however, inasmuch as we sustain its first…