State v. Tex-J Ranches, Inc.

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

The State condemned 1.7919 acres of land out of Appellee’s 54.99-acre tract for highway purposes. A jury returned a verdict awarding Appellee $4.50 per square foot, or a total compensation of $351,000 for the 1.7919 acres. The State contends that the court erred in (1) admitting evidence of market value considering the 1.7919 acres only as “severed land” and excluding evidence of the value assessed as a pro rata portion of the entire 54.99-acre tract, and (2) in prohibiting the State’s expert witness from testifying about his “economic unit” theory of the subject…