Board of Regents of University of Tex. Sys. v. Puett

O’QUINN, Justice.

The Board of Regents of the University of Texas brought this action in eminent domain to condemn a town tract on Wichita Street in Austin, owned by Nelson Puett, Jr., immediately north of the main campus.

Puett filed his objections to the award of the special commissioners in the county court at law, where Joe Lundell later filed an intervention claiming that on the date of taking he was the owner of a valid leasehold interest in the property.

Upon hearing, the trial court entered judgment for Puett, based upon the jury’s finding that the market value of the property was…