Thedford v. County of Jackson

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment denying the plaintiff the right to lay and maintain a pipeline along a Jackson County road. Larkin T. Thedford, as an owner of an interest in a gas well in Jackson County, Texas, brought suit under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, Article 2524-1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., (1965), against Jackson County, Texas, requesting the trial court to declare that, under the provisions of Article 1436b § 1, V. A.C.S. (1962), he has the right to construct a pipeline along Kramer Road.

The trial was before the court without a jury. The…