This is an eminent domain proceeding. Respondent, Houston Lighting & Power Company, took two easements across the property of petitioners, Howard Boyles et al. The jury awarded petitioners gross damages of $225,152.50 and the judgment of the trial court awarding this sum to petitioners has been reversed and remanded by the court of civil appeals, with one Justice concurring and one dissenting.
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BOYLES v. HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY
No. B-2266.
464 S.W.2d 359 (1971)
Howard BOYLES et al., Petitioners, v. HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY, Respondent.
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March 3, 1971.
Rehearing Denied March 31, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Reynolds, White, Allen and Cook, William H. White and Grant Cook, Houston, for petitioners.
Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Finis E. Cowan and John Held, Houston, for respondent.
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