COCKE v. STATE

No. 11303.

391 S.W.2d 553 (1965)

J. S. COCKE et ux., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

May 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McClain & Stump, W. K. McClain, Georgetown, for appellants.

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen., Hawthorne Phillips, Stanton Stone, T. B. Wright, Carroll R. Graham, Robert C. Patterson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellee.


ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation case. Appellee, plaintiff, below, brought this action against J. S. Cocke and his wife, Mary E. Cocke, to condemn and take the fee simple title, excluding oil, gas and sulphur, to 39.7 acres of land out of a parent tract containing 220.4 acres located on U. S. Highway 81 approximately two and one-half miles north of the center of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.

Appellants admitted that appellee had the right...

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