Stephen Morale D/B/A Action Collision Repair and Kimberly Morale v. State

The issues in this appeal of a condemnation judgment are whether the trial court erroneously admitted and excluded various evidence at trial, thereby probably resulting in rendition of an improper judgment. We hold that the trial court's evidentiary holdings were not an abuse of discretion. Because the court of appeals held otherwise, we reverse that court's judgment and reinstate the judgment of the trial court.

The State of Texas planned to condemn a portion of a 33,000 square-foot property owned by Stephen and Kimberly Morale in the Town of Little Elm, Texas (the Town), for purposes of…