Charles C. Laidley and Dorothy Laidley v. City of San Marcos, Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-10-00326-CV

Charles C. Laidley and Dorothy Laidley, Appellants

v.

City of San Marcos, Texas, Appellee

FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF HAYS COUNTY

NO. 11476-C, HONORABLE ANNA M. BOLING, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

This condemnation case addresses a trial court's discretion to dismiss a condemnee's objections to an award by special commissioners for want of prosecution and to reinstate the special commissioners' award. See Denton County v. Brammer, 361 S.W.2d 198, 200-01 (Tex. 1962); see also Tex. Prop. Code Ann. §…