Wooten v. State

HUGHES, Justice.

The State of Texas, acting by and through the State Building Commission 1 sued to condemn 6,041 square feet of land near the State Capitol for use as a site for the Texas Supreme Court Building. The owners of this property were appellants, Greenwood S. Wooten and wife, Nina Belle Wooten.

The case was tried to a jury, the only issue submitted to it being one as to the value of the property condemned.

Appellants’ first point is that the Trial Court erred in refusing to receive in evidence photographs of the interior of an apartment house located on the property in suit, and their…