RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART v. HOUSTON

No. D-1320.

836 S.W.2d 606 (1992)

RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF TEXAS et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie R. Yeates, H. Dixon Montague, R. Glen Rigby, Catherine Bukowski, Shadow Sloan, Linda K. McCloud, Ewing Werlein, Jr., F. Russell Kendall, H. Ronald Welsh, Jason Kuller, Michael Mucchetti, Houston, for petitioners.

Joseph G. Rollins, Robert P. McConnell, Houston, for respondent.


OPINION

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

This is a condemnation action involving the partial taking of a private school for the purposes of extending a roadway. The case was submitted to the jury on the theory that the condemnee was entitled to compensation for the cost of purchasing substitute facilities. The jury returned a verdict for the condemnee in the amount of $18,451,398. The condemnor appealed, arguing, among other things, that the trial court erred in applying...

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