Legal Opinion
Harris County Toll Road Authority and Harris County v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, LP D/B/A SBC Texas
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided September 14, 2006No. 01-05-00668-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
In this case, we decide whether a telecommunications company or the county government must bear utility relocation costs necessitated by county road construction. The Harris County Toll Road Authority and Harris County (collectively “Harris County”) contend the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. d/b/a SBC Texas (“SBC”) and in ordering Harris County to pay SBC’s relocation costs. SBC asserts that Harris County’s appeal is untimely. We conclude that (1) the appeal is timely; (2) though SBC is an “eligible utility…
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