Legal Opinion
Frank and Shelley Thornton v. Northeast Harris County MUD 1
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided July 24, 2014No. 14-13-00890-CVPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARC W. BROWN, Justice.
Appellee Northeast Harris County MUD 1 filed an eminent domain suit against appellants Frank and Shelley Thornton. The Thorntons brought counterclaims for inverse condemnation, nui- sanee, trespass, and negligent trespass. MUD filed a plea to the jurisdiction, arguing that there was no legislative waiver of its governmental immunity and that the Thorntons’ counterclaims did not give rise to a constitutional taking sufficient to waive immunity because they cannot show MUD intended to contaminate their property and that alleged contamination of their property…
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