Thompson v. Janes

GRAY, Justice.

This is. a condemnation suit filed by Guy A. Thompson, Trustee for International-Great Northern Railroad Company, appellant, against R. E. Janes and R. E. Janes Gravel Company, Inc., appellees. On a former appeal to this Court the cause was reversed and remanded, Thompson v. Janes, Tex.Civ.App., 227 S.W.2d 330, and this appeal is from a judgment rendered upon a jury’s verdict at a second trial.

The purpose of the suit was to condemn approximately four acres of land, in two adjacent tracts, lying within the corporate limits of the City of Austin. Appellant’s original petition…