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SIMPKINS v. CITY OF DALLAS

No. 5583.

542 S.W.2d 701 (1976)

Joe SIMPKINS et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF DALLAS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Louis Nichols, Saner, Jack, Sallinger & Nichols, Dallas, for appellants.

N. Alex Bickley, Carroll R. Graham, and Mary Leigh Bartlett, Dallas, for appellee.

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Simpkins, et al., property owners, from judgment of the trial court in a condemnation case.

City of Dallas brought this condemnation action to acquire 1948.6 acres of land owned by Simpkins, et al., situated in the flood plain of the Trinity River in the City of Dallas, for a sanitary fill site. The landowners appealed from the Commissioners' award, and the case was tried to a jury. The jury fixed...

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