Maddox v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The condemner, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, proceeded under the provisions of law, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.St. Art. 3264 et seq. to acquire 7.96 acres across the. appellants’ 121.37 acre tract of land in Denton County, Texas. The award of the Special Commissioners appointed for the purpose was in the amount of $16,500. Since the condemner desired immediate possession of the 7.96 acres, it deposited money double the amount so awarded with the County Court under provisions of Art. 3268. The date of such deposit, November 30, 1954, was therefore the date appellants’…