State v. Dickerson

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit. A judgment was entered on the verdict of the jury and the condemning authority appeals.

The appellee testified that a short time before the date of taking, J. O. Porter, as agent, submitted to him a written offer to purchase the north 50 feet of his property, containing approximately 27,000 square feet, at a price of $.72 per square foot. This offer, he testified, was refused because he felt that the land was worth more. Soon thereafter he received another written offer for the land from the same agent by which the proposed price per square foot…