City of Ft. Worth v. Charbonneau

This was a condemnation proceeding instituted in the county court by the city of Ft. Worth against William Charbonneau and his wife to condemn 298 acres of land described in the plaintiff’s petition for the purpose of establishing thereon a water reservoir. The land sought to be condemned was situhted in the valley of the West fork of the Trinity river near the city of Ft. Worth, and constituted a part of a tract of about 1,100 acres upon which the defendant and his wife had resided as a home for many years. Upon the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants for $22,686 as…