Crouch v. Crouch

Carreton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellants complain that this court has not made clear the finding on the primary issue which, so they state, is whether they have the right to receive the fair value of their lands in the uncleared state before any award is made to appellees based upon added value to the lands by reason of the clearing of same.

The trial court held in the amended decree of August 2 that the value of the lands in their uncleared state was $150.00 per acre, or a total of $24,000.00 (this had also been the finding in the April decree). Appellants argue that this figure has now been…