City of Wichita Falls v. Jones

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

This condemnation case was brought by the City of Wichita Falls against Mr. and Mrs. Grady B. Jones to acquire the fee simple title to a part of a lot owned by the latter for use in a street building project.

For the sake of brevity we will refer to the City of Wichita Falls throughout this opinion as the City.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones owned Lot 16, Block 54 of the Addition in question. This lot was 120 feet across the front or west side, 120.9 feet across the rear or east side, 200.-6 feet across the north side and 186 feet across the south side.

The land being taken by the…