State v. Orangefield Independent School District

McNEILL, Justice.

This is a condemnation proceeding instituted by the State of Texas through its Highway Commission against the Trustees of Orangefield Independent School District of Orange County to condemn the fee simple title to a tract of .526 acre of land out of a 5-acre tract. The proceeding was instituted under authority of Article 6674w, V.C.S., 1925, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 6674w, and its purpose was to acquire the .526 acre as part of a right of way of Interstate Highway 10, a controlled access highway. The parties will be referred to herein as the State and District.

The cause was…