JENKINS v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 7554.

507 S.W.2d 296 (1974)

DeWitt J. JENKINS et al., Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sears and Burns, C. Charles Dippel, Houston, for appellants.

W. G. Walley, Jr., Beaumont, for appellee.


DIES, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation case instituted by Jefferson County to condemn a clear zone approach easement near the County Airport over and above appellants' realty.

In a jury trial, the court refused to allow landowners (appellants) to give evidence that Jefferson County, condemnor, had made no good faith or bona fide effort to agree with landowners on damage, and this complaint is landowners' first point of error.

The exercise of the...

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