CITY OF DALLAS v. WILSON

No. 20262.

602 S.W.2d 113 (1980)

CITY OF DALLAS, Appellant, v. C. K. WILSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll R. Graham, Jan W. Fletcher, Asst. City Attys., Dallas, for appellant.

Paul J. Chitwood, Dallas, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, CARVER and STOREY, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

The City of Dallas appeals from a judgment in favor of C. K. Wilson for $10,000 damages for the demolition of a structure on Wilson's property. We reverse because the jury found the structure was a nuisance in fact which justified the city's demolition, and we render judgment for the city because the undisputed record reflects that the value of the materials from the demolition did not exceed the cost of demolition.

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