State v. Cloud Construction Co.

O’QUINN, Justice.

This is a suit in condemnation, brought by the State of Texas to acquire 4.31 acres of unimproved land in Temple, Bell County, Texas, as additional right-of-way for Interstate Highway 35, which abuts the tract taken, in order to provide grade separations across the highway.

Upon a jury verdict the trial court awarded Cloud Construction Company, Inc., owner of the property, damages in the sum of $75,000. The State has appealed and brings sixteen points of error. We overrule all points of error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In the trial the State offered testimony,…