CITY OF AUSTIN v. CAPITOL LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMPANY

No. B-1290.

453 S.W.2d 461 (1970)

The CITY OF AUSTIN et al., Petitioners, v. CAPITOL LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Glenn Cortez, City Atty., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Woodrow Curtis and Dudley Fowler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for petitioners.

Garey, Colbert & Kidd, Jack Garey, Austin, for respondent.


POPE, Justice.

City of Austin instituted this eminent domain suit against Capitol Livestock Auction Company, Inc., for the purpose of taking 0.8107 of an acre of land needed for widening Highway 183. The trial court rendered judgment against the condemnor upon the basis of jury findings that the market value of the land taken was $41,678, the value of the remainder before the taking was $258,322, and the value of the remainder after the taking was $150,000. The trial...

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