<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!-- Created on Sep 21, 2011 8:12:43 AM --> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title> Press Release </title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Arachnophilia 5.4"/> <meta name="FORMATTER" content="Arachnophilia 5.4"/> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000"> <div align="center"><h1>PRESS RELEASE</h1></div> <div align="center"><b><h2>Montgomery County Ignores U.S. And Texas Constitution In Eminent Domain Procedures For<br/> Extension Of Woodlands Parkway.</h2></b></div> <p>MAGNOLIA, Texas (September 21,2011)  Montgomery County refuses to acknowledge Just  or Adequate  Compensation as stated in both Constitutions in regards to offers <br/> for the Taking of land to extend Woodlands Parkway. Just or adequate compensation is defined as Compensation for property taken under Eminent Domain that places a <br/> property owner in the same position as before the property is taken.  <h3> The County offered me less than 1/40th of the real value of my land  said James Patrick, a landowner in the proposed route and less than ½ of the value for the improvements to the land . If it had not been for the economic situation, I would never have accepted the offer that Montgomery County made to me at that low sales price.  said William Friar, who sold his land at a very depressed value to Montgomery County under threat of Eminent Domain. </h3><div align="center"></div><p></p> <p>The U. S. Supreme Court ruled in UNITED STATES v. 564.54 ACRES OF LAND, 441 U.S. 506 (1979) that It is conceivable that an owner s indemnity should be measured in various ways depending upon the circumstances of each case and that no general formula should be used for the purpose.  To eliminate economic downturns or windfalls from determining the value of just compensation. <p>The Texas Landowners Bill Of Rights states, in part, The Entity proposing to Take your property must provide you with an assessment of the adequate compensation for<br/> your property.  and The entity proposing to take your property must make a good faith offer to buy the property before it files a lawsuit to condemn the property.  <br/> <b>Neither of which Montgomery County has followed.</b></p> </p> </body> </html>