Legal Opinion
Varnado v. City of Groves
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 30, 1959No. 16073PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RENFRO, Justice.
The City of Groves brought condemnation proceedings against Mrs. Varnado and her three sons to secure an easement for the construction and maintenance of a drainage ditch on land belonging to defendants. The land consisted of 7 plus acres and had a frontage of 252.86 feet on a public highway and a depth of 1,260 feet. The easement sought was a strip, along the side of defendants’ land, 30 by 1,260 feet. Subsequently the City dug a ditch 14 feet wide at the top and 4 feet wide at the bottom, with depths of 2 to 3½ feet. The land involved had a sea level elevation of 2.6 to 5.2…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- City of Austin v. CannizzoTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Austin Fire Ins. Co. v. Adams-Childers Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
- Travelers Ins. Co. v. BlazierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950
- McCarthy v. City of AmarilloCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
3Cited by10 opinions
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Texas Power & Light Company v. LovinggoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- State v. ReehCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- American Central Insurance Company v. MeltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Coastal Industrial Water Authority v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
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