City of El Paso v. Knapp

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit brought by the City of El Paso against the Appellees, R. E. Knapp and R. A. Knapp, for the taking on September 4, 1973, of six parcels of land containing a total of some 63.5 acres out of a larger tract of 1,230 acres of rural land owned by the Defendants. The purpose of the taking was to construct water and flood control dams, flood control channels, and flowage easements on the side of Mount Franklin, the mountain being located within the City of El Paso. Trial was to the Court without a jury and judgment was entered which awarded the…