Dickey's Estate v. Houston Independent School Dist.

In submitting the special issue as to the market value of the land the trial court, after defining the term "market value," instructed the jury as follows:

"In determining the value of the property in question all of the uses to which it may be applied and for which it was adapted on or about July 13, 1926, are to be considered, and not merely the condition that it was in at that time and the use to which it was then applied by the owner.

"You are further instructed that in determining the market value of said property on or about the 13th day of July, 1926, you should consider the condition of…