Legal Opinion
State v. Knapp
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 15, 1987No. 08-85-00221-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHULTE, Justice.
This is a condemnation case. The State of Texas proceeded to judgment under its power of eminent domain. Tex.Const. art. I, sec. 17 (Vernon 1984). The State thus acquired the fee simple title to the surface estate of a 3,520-acre tract of land for inclusion in the Franklin Mountain State Park in El Paso County. The jury found the reasonable cash market value of the tract on the date of taking to be $9,900,-000.00. We modify and reform the judgment below and, as so modified and reformed, affirm.
The State’s action was initiated in March, 1981, and went to trial March 18,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- State v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- City of Austin v. CannizzoTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Otis Elevator Company v. WoodTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Long v. KnoxTexas Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ceres Terminals, Inc. v. Chicago City Bank & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- Nix v. Born, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1994
- Cedar Crest 10, Inc. v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Ceres Terminals v. CHICAGO CITY BANKAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994