Bauer v. Lavaca-Navidad River Authority

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

W.H. Bauer is a landowner in Jackson County. The Lavaca-Navidad River Authority (hereinafter “Authority”) is a state conservation and reclamation district 1 which sued for condemnation of a pipeline easement across Bauer’s land. A partial summary judgment left at issue only the amount of damages from the Authority’s taking. Bauer appeals the trial court’s award of damages, contending that the court erred in excluding evidence of the value of the land condemned, and disputing the court’s findings on land values. We agree that the trial court erred in ruling…