Board of Regents v. Fischer

O’QUINN, Justice.

This is a suit in which the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, as condemnor in a proceeding in eminent domain, acquired the leasehold interest of certain tenants and now appeals, contending that the trial court’s instructions to the jury resulted in award of excessive damages.

*231The Regents in 1970 purchased the fee to lots 7 and 8, Block 71, Original City of Austin, situated at the southwest corner of the intersection of Colorado Street and West Seventh Street in Austin, and then brought these proceedings to acquire the leasehold interests of John J. Fischer,…