Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. v. Wildlife Preserves, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered

Plaintiff sought to acquire by condemnation a right of way across property of defendant Wildlife Preserves, Inc. Defendant’s property is devoted to the conservation and preservation of wildlife. In answer to the complaint, defendant alleged that the land was not subject to condemnation because it was devoted to a prior public use. Defendant claimed also that the plaintiff’s selection of the particular right of way was arbitrary and capricious because there was available on defendant’s land an adequate and serviceable alternate route, acceptance and use of…