Simpkins v. City of Dallas

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Simpkins, et al., property owners, from judgment of the trial court in a condemnation case.

City of Dallas brought this condemnation action to acquire 1948.6 acres of land owned by Simpkins, et al., situated in the flood plain of the Trinity River in the City of Dallas, for a sanitary fill site. The landowners appealed from the Commissioners’ award, and the case was tried to a jury. The jury fixed the value of the land condemned at $2,046,030. ($1050. per acre) as of September 10,1974, and the trial court rendered judgment accordingly.…