Grant v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.

OPINION

SHARPE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment rendered in a condemnation suit by the County Court at Law No. II of Nueces County, Texas based upon an instructed verdict in favor of appellee-condemnor and against appellants-condemnees. The interest sought to be condemned was an easement 50 feet in width for a gas pipe line across a 280 acre tract of land owned by appellants located on Mustang Island in Nueces County, Texas. The judgment granted appel-lee the easement sought, covering 3.45 acres, and awarded appellants nominal damages in the amount of $1.00.

Appellee instituted these…