City of Austin v. Capitol Livestock Auction Company

POPE, Justice.

City of Austin instituted this eminent domain suit against Capitol Livestock Auction Company, Inc., for the purpose of taking 0.8107 of an acre of land needed for widening Highway 183. The trial court rendered judgment against the condemnor upon the basis of jury findings that the ■market value of the land taken was $41,-678, the value of the remainder before the taking 'was $258,322, and the value of the remainder after the taking was $150,000. The trial court subtracted the sum of $38,-500 which the condemnor had deposited following the commissioners’ award, added the interest…