CITY OF SAN AUGUSTINE v. JOHNSON

No. 6300.

349 S.W.2d 653 (1961)

CITY OF SAN AUGUSTINE, Appellant, v. J. E. JOHNSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey & Ramsey, San Augustine, for appellant.

Leonard E. Choate, Beaumont, J. L. Smith, San Augustine, for appellee.


McNEILL, Justice.

The action was by appellant, City of San Augustine, against appellee J. E. Johnson to condemn a tract of 40.8 acres out of a tract of 61 acres owned by appellee, to be used by the city as part of a reservoir for city water supply. The city sought the fee in the land, save and except the mineral interest. Six special issues were submitted to a jury by the trial judge, and upon the answers thereto finding damages in the sum of $8,350, judgment was...

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