Order No. 11, 324
ORDER DIRECTING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST IDA L. KNEESE AND HUSBAND ADOLPH O.
KNEESE
On this the 12th day of April, 1971, came on to be heard and considered
by the Court the necessity of instituting coxxdemnation proceedings against Ida L.
Kneese and husband, Adolph O. Kneese, to secure for the State of Texas 3 parcels
of land consisting of 10. 515 acres of land out of Kneeland Taylor Surveys No. 104
and 102 in Kerr County, Texas, together v~rith 2 channel easements comprising
0.308 acres out of said Surveys 104 and 102; and
It appearing to the Court that the offer for land and damages made to the
said Ida L. Kneese by Kerr County as is evidenced by Commissioners' Court
Order No. 11, 293 entered on the 8th day of February, 1971, and recorded in Vol.
N, Page 206 of the Minutes of the Commissioners Court, has been verbally xe-
jected by the said Ida L. Kneese acting personally; and
It further appearing to the Court that the rejection of Kerr County's offer
has left the parties concerned in a positioxx of being unable to agree as to the
amount of compensation to which the said Ida L. Kneese is entitled to receive for
the said ,parcels of land and channel easements, together with damages which
would accrue by reason of their conveyanc:e; and
It further appearing to the Court that further negotiations would be useless
and to no avail, it is therefore Oxdered, on motion by Commissioner Sallee and
seconded by Commissioner Bartel and un~~.nimously approved by the Court, that
Kerr County, acting for and on behalf of the State of Texas, institute condemna-
tion proceedings in the name of the State of Texas against the said Ida L. Kneese
and husband, Adolph O. Kneese, of Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas, to
secure for the State of Texas for right-of-way purposes, the aforesaid 10. 515
acres of land and 0.308 acres of channel easements situated in Kerr County,
It is further ordered that County Attorney Edgar A. Wallace be retained
to institute such condemnation proceedings and that he be authorized and directed
to proceed forthwith on behalf of Kerr County, acting for and in the name of the
State of Texas.
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