Legal Opinion
Horton v. County of Mills
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 23, 1971No. 11838PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’QUINN, Justice.
This is a condemnation suit brought by Mills County to acquire the permanent right to impound and store water on 18.47 acres of land owned by Elam B. Horton, Ernest D. Horton and Linda Bell Terry.
The jury found that the flowage easement would decrease the value of the acreage taken by $626.82, but that the remaining land owned by the condemnees would be enhanced in value $562.55 by the water storage project. The trial court entered judgment awarding the landowners damages of $64.27.
The landowners have appealed and bring seven points of error. We reverse the judgment of the…
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