East Houston Estate Apartments, L.L.C. v. City of Houston

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

The appellant, East Houston Estate Apartments, L.L.C. (“East Houston”), appeals the trial court’s order sustaining the plea to the jurisdiction of appellee, City of Houston (“the City”). 1 In one issue, East Houston argues that the trial court erred in granting the City’s plea to the jurisdiction because the City performed a proprietary act by entering the agreement with East Houston, or, alternatively, that the City’s governmental immunity is waived by Texas Local Government Code section 271.152. 2

We affirm.

Background

On August 6, 1996, East Houston entered…