City of San Antonio v. Michalec

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit brought by the City of San Antonio, appellant herein, to condemn a portion of appellees’ land for public street purposes. The parties stipulated as to the right to condemn and that all statutory prerequisites had been complied with, leaving only the issues concerning the value of the property. The court’s charge in definition of market value and form of issues given followed State v. Carpenter, 126 Tex. 604, 89 S.W.2d 194, 979 (1936), with three special issues submitted. In response to Special Issue No. 1, the jury found that the market value of…