CENTERVILLE IND. SCH. DIST. OF LEON CO. v. WINGFIELD

No. 4866.

450 S.W.2d 946 (1970)

CENTERVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEON COUNTY, Texas, et al., Appellants, v. Yance WINGFIELD et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

January 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Burroughs, Centerville, for appellants.

Mac L. Bennett, Jr., Normangee, for appellees.


OPINION

HALL, Justice.

Appellees initated this lawsuit, seeking to enjoin what they alleged was a threatened trespass by the appellant school district onto 39.4 acres of land owned by them. By cross-action, the school district condemned the northern 20 acres of the tract, alleging that the land was presently needed for its educational program "and to provide adequate space for public school needs in the future."

Trial was to a jury which found that...

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