Legal Opinion

State v. Meyer

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 1966No. A-10937PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Justice.

This is a condemnation proceeding brought by the State of Texas to acquire fee simple title to a 14.9456-acre strip of land out of a 103-acre tract belonging to respondents, Frank K. Meyer and wife, Lucille R. Meyer. The'award of the special commissioners in this cause was $208,192.00, from which award the respondents appealed to the county court for a jury trial. After a trial in which the respondents waived any severance damages to the remainder, the jury found the market value of the strip taken to be $1,074,199.50. Judgment was entered in favor of respondents for this…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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