Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Estate of Jones
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 3, 2010No. 14-09-00812-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LESLIE B. YATES, Justice.
In June 2000, Kenneth Samuel Jones, now deceased, brought tort claims in county civil court at law against appellant the City of Houston after his neighbor, working pursuant to a City-issued demolition permit, damaged his home, rendering it uninhabitable. In December 2002, after receiving notice that the case was set for dismissal, the parties filed an agreed motion for continuance. In the motion, the parties stated that they had “conducted negotiations which lead to an amicable resolution of this ease.” Although an actual settlement agreement is not in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Waco Independent School District v. GibsonTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Stary v. DeBordTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Thomas v. LongTexas Supreme Court · 2006
- Texas a & M University-Kingsville v. LawsonTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- Montgomery County v. Fuqua, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2000
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3Cited by7 opinions
- the City of Houston v. the Estate of Kenneth Samuel JonesTexas Supreme Court · 2012
- CTL/THOMPSON TEXAS, LLC v. Morrison Homes, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
- CTL/Thompson Texas, LLC Michael L. Lester, P.E. Che-Hung Tsai, Ph.D., P.E. And Srikanth Dinakaran, P.E. v. Morrison Homes and Sheffield Development Company, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
- CTL/Thompson Texas, LLC Michael L. Lester, P.E. Che-Hung Tsai, Ph.D., P.E. And Srikanth Dinakaran, P.E. v. Morrison Homes and Sheffield Development Company, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
- City of Houston v. Estate of Jones, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2010
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