State Texas v. Baker Bros. Nursery

This is a condemnation suit brought by the State of Texas against Baker Bros. Nursery, a domestic corporation, to condemn 12.246 acres of land out of a 28 acre tract located within Tarrant County, Texas, and the city limits of Fort Worth, Texas. Proper proceedings were instituted and an appeal taken from the award of the Commissioners to the County Court at Law of Tarrant County, Texas. On a trial before a jury and in response to the jurys answers to special issues, a judgment in favor of defendant Baker Bros. Nursery and against the State of Texas, as plaintiff, was awarded as follows: For the value of the land taken for the controlled access highway, $18,369.00; for the difference in value of the two remaining tracts of the original 28 acres, the sum of $4,290.00.