STATE v. KNAPP

No. 08-85-00221-CV.

740 S.W.2d 809 (1987)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. R.A. KNAPP, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Richard D. Naylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Highway Div., Austin, for appellant.

Robert A. Skipworth Ainsa, Skipworth, Zavaleta & Butterworth, El Paso, Timothy Patton, Sharon E. Callaway, Groce, Locke & Hebdon, San Antonio, Woodrow W. Bean, II, El Paso, for appellees.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and SCHULTE and WOODARD, JJ.


OPINION

SCHULTE, Justice.

This is a condemnation case. The State of Texas proceeded to judgment under its power of eminent domain. Tex.Const. art. I, sec. 17 (Vernon 1984). The State thus acquired the fee simple title to the surface estate of a 3,520-acre tract of land for inclusion in the Franklin Mountain State Park in El Paso County. The jury found the reasonable cash market value of the tract on the date of taking to be $9,900,000.00. We modify and reform...

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