Legal Opinion
Kothmann v. Rothwell
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided February 20, 2009No. 07-07-0218-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.
Kody Kothmann appeals a judgment declaring under an instrument granting the City of Lubbock five drainage easements, surface water from the development of Gary Rothwell d/b/a Rothwell Homes can flow through the easements and onto the land of Kothmann. 2 Finding the trial court correctly construed the granting instrument, we affirm.
Background
Rothwell owned undeveloped land west of a 64-acre tract owned by Jackie Phil-pott, Kothmann’s predecessor in title. Rothwell desired to develop a subdivision on his realty and the City required he obtain, in the City’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Coker v. CokerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBankTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Texas Utilities Electric Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1999
- Sun Oil Co. (Delaware) v. MadeleyTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Quick v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1999
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Letkeman v. Reyes, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
- Carol Severance v. Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office Greg Abbott, Attorney General for the State of Texas And Kurt Sistrunk, District Attorney for the County of Galveston, TexasTexas Supreme Court · 2010
- ETC Texas Pipline, LTD v. Grace Moore Payne, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2011
- ETC Texas Pipline, LTD v. Grace Moore Payne, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2011
- Enrique Letkeman and Maria Letkeman v. Arturo Reyes, Anna Reyes, Brady Robinette, Terri Robinette, Pedro Sanchez and Elena Sanchez, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
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