ROWLETT, Texas — A Rowlett family is fighting the city’s effort to acquire their property through eminent domain for a road improvement project, saying the city’s offer does not adequately compensate them for a home that has been in their family for over six decades.
Brothers Tim and Roy Willis said the property has been in their family since 1962. The home has served as a gathering place for family celebrations, holidays and other milestones over the decades.
“We was one of the families, like I say, that existed when we moved here,” Roy Willis said…