Ruble v. City of San Antonio

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit brought to acquire property for the Calaveras power plant and lake in southeast Bexar County. The City of San Antonio, acting by and through its City Public Service Board, brought this action to condemn fee title to 234.61 acres of land out of a larger tract belonging to J. A. Ruble, containing approximately 684.1 acres.

The Special Commissioners entered an award in the amount of $65,000.00, to which both the City and the landowner timely filed their objections.

At the beginning of the trial the parties stipulated that there was an easement on the…