[DOWNLOAD] "Randle L. Amason Et Ux v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company" by Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Randle L. Amason Et Ux v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 12, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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This is a land condemnation case involving the procedural issue of which party, condemnee or condemnor, bears the burden of going forward to trial to determine whether the condemnor possesses the right to condemn the sought-after land. We hold that when a condemnee properly contests a condemnors right to condemn, the condemnor bears the burden to go forward to trial on that issue. In 1981, the Natural Gas Pipeline Company (Pipeline) sought a permanent easement across property owned by Randle and Ann Amason and the Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas (the Amasons) in order to construct a pipeline. Accordingly, Pipeline filed a statement in the district court seeking the condemnation of this property. The district judge then appointed three Special Commissioners who filed an award of $1,250 for the easement. The Amasons, however, contested Pipelines right to condemn their property and objected to the amount of the Special Commissioners award. After Pipeline waived citation, neither party took any further action with respect to this case.