Texas Pipe Line Co. v. Watkins

The appellant, Texas Pipe Line Company, initiated this controversy by filing with the county judge of Nacogdoches county its petition seeking to condemn a right of way for its pipe line over two contiguous tracts of land owned by appellees aggregating 230 acres. Upon presentation of the petition for condemnation to the county judge, he, in accordance with the statute, appointed special commissioners to assess the damages that might be sustained by appellees in consequence of the condemnation. The commissioners so appointed proceeded in due time to have a hearing in the matter, and after doing…