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A RESOLUTION ABANDONING A CONDEMNATION SUIT ENTITLED CITY OI
LUBBOCK VS. CHARLES HOBGOOD, ET UX, IN LUBBOCK COUNTY COURT AT
LAW NO. 1, DOCKET NO, 774 WHEREIN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK HAS SOUGHT
TO OBTAIN A 5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES DUE TO PROBAB
EXCESSIVE COST OF OBTAINING SAID LAND,
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has sought to condemn a 5 acre tract of land
out of Section 5, Block B, Lubbock County, Texas, for park purposes; and,
WHEREAS, in the investigation stage of the proceedings and before Court
trial on the same the City Council finds tnd has determined that the probable cost
of obtaining said land would be excessive for park purposes; and,
WHEREAS, due to the probable excessive cost of said land the City Council
is of the opinion that the exercise of the power of eminent domain over said land
should not be asserted at this time, NOW THEREFORE;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Attorney be and is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of
the City of Lubbock to abandon all right and claim to the land described more
particularly in the Statement in Condemnation and to cause an appropriate Court
Order prepared for filing in the above named County Court at Law No. One, in
Cause No. 774 on the docket of said Court abandoning the action for condemnation
against the tract of land without prejudice by way of waiver or estoppel against the
City of Lubbock.
Passed by the City Council this 23rd day of January , 1964.
A K F "STRONG, Mayor J
Form Approved
ATTEST:
City Attorney
lAtt Lavenia L we, City Sec(etary�-T easurer 4t. eCitYrn�r