Bexar County v. Falbo

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Bexar County sued Gilbert Falbo and wife for the purpose of condemning a strip of land off of the front of a tract of approximately three acres on which the Falbo home is situated. The purpose of the suit was to widen a highway known as the Bandera Road. On the strip condemned, approximately 13 feet wide across the front yard of the Falbo home, was situated an ornate cutstone fence with grilled iron gateways at entrances to sidewalks and automobile drives. An electric line was installed in the fence and electric lights were spaced along its top. Against and adjacent to…