Legal Opinion
Texas Gas Transmission Corp. v. Council
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 1967No. 44442PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree dissolving an injunction obtained by Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, appellant, enjoining H. T. Council, appellee, from filing and threatening to file a petition for writ of prohibition, for the purpose of testing an eminent domain proceeding brought by Texas Gas. The decree sustained a demurrer and dismissed the bill of complaint with prejudice. We affirm.
On July 1, 1966, Texas Gas filed in the County Court of Washington County an eminent domain petition to condemn a right of way through land owned by Council. On August 8 the county…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex parte WimberlyMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
- Barnes v. McLeodMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Erwin v. Miss. State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees v. KnoxMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
- Humphrey's County v. CashinMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
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