Dahl v. State

Appellee, the State of Texas, initiated eminent domain proceedings for a whole taking of a 1.004 acre tract of land and any improvements on the tract. The land had previously been conveyed to Leonidas Vezos by the Victoria Koci Malcolm Estate Trust, with the Trust retaining the improvements and two purchase-money mortgages. In the eminent domain proceedings, the State joined appellant Ted E. Dahl, Trustee of the Trust, along with Vezos and other parties.