State v. Munday Enterprises

This case arises out of the condemnation of part of a commercial tract in order to widen and convert U.S. Highway 183 into an elevated controJled-access highway. The issue here concerns not the value of the part taken, but the compensation recoverable for damages to the remainder. In State v. Schmidt, 867 S.W.2d 769 (Tex.1993), we held that landowners are not as a rule entitled to compensation for a decrease in value of the remainder due to the diversion of traffic, increased circuity of travel, lessened visibility, and interim construction inconvenience. Because the judgment here is based in…