State v. Nelson

This is a condemnation proceeding instituted by the State of Texas, petitioner, against C. T. Nelson and wife, respondents, to acquire certain land to be used as right of way for Interstate Highway No. 35. The statement for condemnation filed with the county judge and acted upon by the commissioners purports to describe by metes and bounds a tract of land alleged to contain 6.706 acres, more or less. In the course of the trial on appeal in the county court, the State was permitted to amend the description to embrace an adjoining strip of land some 42 feet wide by 345 feet long, containing .3…