Westtex 66 Pipeline Co. v. Bulanek

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

In this eminent domain case, WesTTex 66 Pipeline Company (WesTTex) acquired a 50-foot wide, permanent pipeline easement across the property of appellees, Donnie Bulanek, Jacko Garrett, and Nancy Garrett (“the Landowners”). The only issue tried to the jury was the value of the Landowners’ property acquired by WesT-Tex. We determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the opinion testimony of the Landowners’ two real estate appraisal experts, Brad Kan-gieser and Tom Edmonds, who, over the objections of WesTTex, opined…