Dahl Ex Rel. Dahl v. State

OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellee, the State of Texas, initiated eminent domain proceedings for a whole taking of a 1.004 acre tract of land and any improvements on the tract. The land had previously been conveyed to Leonidas Ve-zos by the Victoria Koci Malcolm Estate Trust, with the Trust retaining the improvements and two purchase-money mortgages. In the eminent domain proceedings, the State joined appellant Ted E. Dahl, Trustee of the Trust, along with Vezos and other parties.

The Trust and appellant Rosalie Dahl (“appellants”) counterclaimed against the State, alleging inverse…