Legal Opinion
Duer Wagner & Co. v. City of Sweetwater
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided June 18, 2003No. 11-00-00276-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
W.G. ARNOT, III, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a condemnation proceeding wherein the only issue in the trial court was the value of the property taken by eminent domain. The parties waived a jury trial, and the trial court found that the land had a total value of $556,110. Duer Wagner appeals. We reverse and remand.
Duer Wagner owned an undivided 39.232955 percent of the 1,798.4 acres that were condemned by the City of Sweetwa-ter. The City condemned the property in order to obtain water from the underlying aquifer as an additional, municipal water supply source. For many years…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- City of Harlingen v. Estate of SharboneauTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- Religious of the Sacred Heart of Texas v. City of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation Dist. v. CostelloCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Coastal Industrial Water Authority v. Trinity Portland Cement Division, General Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975
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