State v. Schlick

Mr. Judge Brewster,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

E. A. Schlick et al, respondents, sued the State of Texas and the State Highway Commission of Texas, petitioners, for overflow damages to 526.77 acres of farm land located two miles south of Gonzales. On a jury verdict, favorable to the Schlicks, the trial court rendered judgment in their favor for $32,300 with interest from August 1, 1934. That judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 175 S. W. (2d) 688.

The land is on the Guadalupe River, in what is called the Guadalupe Relief Valley, and near…