State v. Tamminga

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

This is a condemnation ease in which the State appeals the trial court’s order granting the landowner’s motion for severance. We affirm.

I. Procedural and Factual Background

In 1991, the State sought to condemn three separate parcels of property all owned by appellees, Kars and Grace Tamminga (hereafter the Tammingas), for the purpose of construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Ellis County. The State originally brought three separate petitions for the condemnation of each of the three parcels, which we will refer to as Parcel A, Parcel B, and Parcel C.…