Gill v. State

McGEE, Justice.

This is an eminent domain case. The City of Texarkana, Texas, on behalf of itself and the State of Texas, instituted condemnation proceedings for the purpose of widening a highway and has since the beginning intended to take the entire house of the condemnees though only a portion of the structure rested on the land to be taken. The parties involved stipulated both to the regularity of such a method of proceeding, and to the condemnor’s right to take the condemned property. The initial statement in the proceeding named Joe H. Gill and wife, Lela Gill, together with several…