John Wayne Coble v. City of Mansfield, Texas

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-02-129-CV

JOHN WAYNE COBLE APPELLANT

V

CITY OF MANSFIELD, TEXAS APPELLEE

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FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY

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OPINION

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I. INTRODUCTION

This is a condemnation case. The issue is whether costs of a screening wall and landscaping constituted compensable damages to the remainder of property of Appellant, John Wayne Coble, resulting from the taking by Appellee, the City of Mansfield, of an easement covering 2.42 acres of Coble’s tract for a road construction project. Because we hold that Coble is…