Lower Colorado River Authority v. Burton

STOKES, Justice.

This proceeding was instituted by appellant, the Lower Colorado River Authority, a conservation and reclamation district, against appellees, L. D. Burton and his wife, Lorena Burton, The Federal Land Bank of Houston, and eleven other defendants, seeking condemnation of 17.22 acres of land for reservoir purposes in connection with the Marshall Ford Dam on the Colorado River in Burnet County.

The commissioners appointed by the county judge returned an award of $600 in favor of all of the defendants, from which appellees L. D. Burton and wife appealed by filing proper objections…