Jefferson County v. Cohrt

DIES, Chief Justice.

The parties in this opinion will be referred to as they were designated in the trial court. Jefferson County, as plaintiff, condemned a “clear zone easement” over the property of Fred W. Cohrt, defendant. Plaintiff maintains an airport in Jefferson County and, pursuant to the Municipal Airports Act of Texas, established a clear zone approach area over part of said airport, including defendant’s realty. It acquired “a perpetual easement within the said Clear Zone Approach Area over and above Defendant’s said property and premises an air space unobstructed by any structure…