Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Schelling
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Harris County Court; Clark C. Wren, Judge. Condemnation suit by the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company against August Schelling and others. Erorn the judgment, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
This is a suit instituted by the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company against August Schelling, Mrs. F. H. Schelling, Ernest G. Schelling, Henry Schelling, Lena Schelling Yantz and husband, H. A. Yantz, to condemn a certain strip of land 1,069.6 feet long and approximately from 17 to 18 feet wide, containing .44 of an acre, and lying adjacent to this plaintiff’s right of way between Harrisburg and Stella, and belonging to the parties above named. A trial of the case by jury resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff for the land upon payment of $220 as the value of the land…
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