City of Texarkana v. Lawson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bowie County; W. T. Armistead, Judge. Action by Mrs. Kate Lawson and others against the City of Texarkana, Tex. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Appellees were the plaintiffs in the court below.
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Appeal from District Court, Bowie County; W. T. Armistead, Judge. Action by Mrs. Kate Lawson and others against the City of Texarkana, Tex. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Appellees were the plaintiffs in the court below. In their petition they alleged that Mrs. Lawson owned in her own separate’ right lots 4 and 5 in block 86, abutting on Oak street within the corporate limits of the city of Texarkana,’Tex., and that said street constituted the only means of access to and from said lots to the business and principal residence portions of said city. They then alleged that…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). Appellant insists that because it was authorized by law to close Oak street as it did, and because Mrs. Lawson’s property did not abut on the part thereof it closed, she was not entitled to recover anything on account of a depreciation in the value of the property caused by the closing of the street. In support of its contention it cites Wootten v. City of Crockett, 11 Tex. Civ. App. 474, 33 S. W. 391, decided by a Court of Civil Appeals. But we think the case must be held to be ruled by the decision of the Supreme Court in Powell v. Ry. Co., 104 Tex. 219,…
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