State v. McLendon

LOONEY, Justice.

At a former day we affirmed the judgment below on certificate. The suit was brought by the commissioners court of Rockwall county at the instance of the highway commission of Texas, to condemn a strip of land belonging to appellees for public road purposes, as authorized by article 6674n,’ R.S. of Texas, as amended Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 6674n. Commissioners were regularly appointed to assess the damages occasioned by the taking, and, on May 22, 1937, an award was made in favor of appel-lees in the sum of $970; said award being deposited with the county clerk of Rock-wall…