McFaddin v. State

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an action in eminent domain brought by the State of Texas to condemn approximately 30 acres of land for the widening of an existing highway. Judgment was rendered upon a jury verdict and the landowner appealed.

Four separate suits were instituted, but consolidated by agreement. The tracts of land are adjacent and front on the highway. Each of the tracts condemned was 138 feet in depth and out of a larger tract. The landowners sought no damage to the remainder of their land, and the judgment represented only the value of the land taken.

Appellants contend first it was…