Seureau v. ExxonMobil Corp.

OPINION

JEFF BROWN, Justice.

This appeal arises from the unrealized real-estate development plans of appellants Glenn Emile Seureau and Glenn Edouard Seureau. Their land abutted property that was to be developed by the Port of Houston Authority. In hopes of prospering from the neighboring development, the Seureaus contracted with Humble Oil & Refining Company, now ExxonMobil, to be included in the project. Several years later, however, Exx-onMobil withdrew from the project, and the Port exercised its eminent-domain powers against appellants’ land. The Seureaus responded by suing the Port and…