Charles C. Laidley and Dorothy Laidley v. City of San Marcos, Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-10-00326-CV Charles C. Laidley and Dorothy Laidley, Appellants v. City of San Marcos, Texas, Appellee FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF HAYS COUNTY NO. 11476-C, HONORABLE ANNA M. BOLING, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION This condemnation case addresses a trial court’s discretion to dismiss a condemnee’s objections to an award by special commissioners for want of prosecution and to reinstate the special commissioners’ award. See Denton County v. Brammer,

361 S.W.2d 198, 200-01

(Tex. 1962); see also

Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 21.018

(West…