GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. HANKS

No. 15858.

308 S.W.2d 165 (1957)

GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Effie L. HANKS et vir, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wigley, McLeod, Mills & Shirley, Galveston, Fred H. Minor, John Sullivan and T. B. Davis, Denton, Burford, Ryburn, Hincks & Ford and Robert E. Burns, Dallas, for appellant.

Coleman & Whitten and Earl L. Coleman, Denton, for appellees.


RENFRO, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a condemnation suit.

The appellant, Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, filed suit for a right of way across land of appellees, E. E. Hanks and wife. We use the term "appellee" in reference to Mr. Hanks. The jury found a value of $2,437 for the 3.22 acres taken by appellant. No complaint is made of such finding. The jury found that the remaining 58 acres...

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