State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Smith

BARRETT, Commissioner.

In relocating, reconstructing and improving, with limited access, 7.124 miles of U. S. Highway 63 through Texas County the state condemned a part of a tract of land on the outskirts of Houston belonging to Arthur J. and Estella M. Haney. By their proof the Haneys claimed damages of $18,000 (the lowest) to $35,000 (the highest estimate), the state by its proof admitted damages of $6000 to $7700, a jury returned a verdict of $10,000 and the landowners have appealed asserting in damages a sum in excess of $15,000 and jurisdiction of the cause is appropriately in this court.…