State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Marquez

NOBLE, Justice.

This appeal results from condemnation proceedings by the State Highway Commission to take land, access rights and properties for highway purposes in Guadalupe County. Appellant claims error principally because the reports of the commissioners appointed to assess damages were not returned under oath and that appellant was denied a jury trial de novo on the issue of damages, notwithstanding that the notice of appeal and demand for such trial de novo was not filed within twenty days after confirmation of the reports as provided by the eminent domain statutes.

We are immediately…