City of Dallas v. Holcomb

381 S.W.2d 347 (1964)

CITY OF DALLAS, Appellant,

v.

Sid HOLCOMB et ux., Appellees.

No. 16346.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

June 26, 1964.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1964.

H. P. Kucera, City Atty., N. Alex Bickley and Kenneth C. Dippel, Asst. City Attys., Dallas; W. H. Frank Barnes, Terrell, for appellant.

Robert K. Ramsey, Terrell, for appellees.

BATEMAN, Justice.

In this case the City of Dallas condemned for pipeline purposes 7.9 acres of land out of a 100-acre tract owned by appellees Sid Holcomb and wife. The date of taking was December 13, 1961. The area taken is a strip approximately 130…