Wallace v. Van Zandt County

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation case tried without a jury before the County Court of Van Zandt County, Texas. The landowner, W. P. (Penn) Wallace, has appealed from a judgment awarding him the sum of $25 as damages for the taking by the County for road purposes of a strip of land 40 feet by 420 feet from the side of a two-acre tract.

Appellant presents two points on appeal: (1)The court erred in ordering that the award of the special commissioners be made the judgment of the court, because the award may not be considered for any purpose; and (2) the judgment for only $25 is not…