STATE v. HARTMAN

No. 10793.

338 S.W.2d 302 (1960)

STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Ethel HARTMAN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen., James H. Rogers, J. Arthur Sandlin, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

F. L. Kuykendall, Austin, for appellee.


HUGHES, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit brought by the State of Texas to condemn the east 54' of Lots 11 and 12, Block 172, Original City of Austin, owned by appellee, Mrs. Ethel Hartman, a widow, for use as a site for an office building for the Texas Employment Commission.

The only issue in controversy is the value of the property.

Trial to a jury resulted in verdict and judgment fixing the value of the land taken at $44,712 ($9 per square foot...

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