City of Austin v. Flink

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a suit brought by the City of Austin against John B. Flink, Tina Flink, Carl E. Flink, Marjorie Flink, Alice and Charles H. Montgomery to condemn the fee title to 126.88 acres of land in Travis County for use for parks, playfields, camp grounds, golf courses, piers, wharves, a water reservoir and an addition to an electric generating system. The whole undertaking is commonly referred to as the Decker Lake Pro-ect.

Trial was to a jury and, upon its verdict, judgment was rendered for appellees for the sum of $69,647.00 ($548.00 plus per acre).

It was stipulated that all…