Legal Opinion

City of Austin v. Capitol Livestock Auction Company

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1970No. B-1290Published

1Opinion of the Court

453 S.W.2d 461 (1970)

The CITY OF AUSTIN et al., Petitioners,

v.

CAPITOL LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

No. B-1290.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 18, 1970.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1970.

H. Glenn Cortez, City Atty., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Woodrow Curtis and Dudley Fowler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for petitioners.

Garey, Colbert & Kidd, Jack Garey, Austin, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

City of Austin instituted this eminent domain suit against Capitol Livestock Auction Company, Inc., for the purpose of taking 0.8107 of an acre of land needed for widening Highway 183. The trial…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Thompson v. JanesTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation District v. AllenTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Gomez Leon v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation Dist. v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  5. City of Austin v. Capitol Livestock Auction CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1970

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