City of Houston v. Pillot

PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation proceeding instituted by appellant against appellees to condemn for street purposes a strip of land 80 feet in width and 416.85 feet long over and through a tract of 4.75 acres _owned by appellees and situated in a business section of appellant city. This strip contains 33,348 square feet of land.

The 4.75 acres of land, which were purchased by appellees about 8 years before the institution of these proceedings, is located in the South End district of the city and is bounded on the north by Main street, and on the south by Milam street. At the…