City of Corpus Christi v. Nemec

OPINION

GREEN, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation suit, wherein the appellant City of Corpus Christi is taking in fee a 5.708 acre strip of land out of a 160 acre tract owned by appellee for construction of a drainage facility to drain lands in and near the southwest area of the city. In the trial in the county court, ap-pellee stipulated that appellant had the right to condemn, that all legal prerequisites had been complied with, and that the only issues to be tried were the value of the land taken and the damages to the remainder of the tract. The jury, answering special issues, found (1)…