Crouch v. State

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellee, The State of Texas, brought this suit to condemn 17.768 acres of land out of the center of a rectangular tract containing 106.302 acres of land in the Sealy Subdivision, San Felipe de Austin Town Tract 5 League Grant, Abstract 5, in Austin County, Texas, located southwest ■of the town of Sealy. The jury, in answer to special issues, awarded the sum of $6,-216.80 for the land taken consisting of 17.768 acres, and found that the cash market value of the remaining land before and after the taking was respectively $30,-986.90 and $29,936.90, thus resulting in a loss of…