Fort Worth Concrete Company v. State

SMITH, Justice.

Petitioner Fort Worth Concrete Company has appealed from a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, 391 S.W.2d 818, affirming an order of the County Court at Law of Tarrant County dismissing petitioner from a condemnation proceeding. We reverse the judgments of the courts below and remand the cause to the trial court with instructions.

On February 1, 1961, E. F. Abbott and E. E. Newman, as lessors, leased to Gif-ford-Hill Concrete Corporation, the parent company of petitioner Fort Worth Concrete Company, approximately ten acres of land in Tarrant County for a, period of two…