Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P. v. Andrew Gardiner and Shannon Gardiner

OPINION

BOB McCOY, Justice.

I. Introduction

In six issues, Appellant Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P. appeals the trial court’s judgment awarding Appellees Andrew and Shannon Gardiner over $2 million in damages for negligent nuisance. We reverse and remand.

II. Background

Between 1997 and 2002, the Gardiners bought two adjacent tracts of property — a sixty acre tract and a thirty-five acre tract — next to the horse farm in Denton County where they worked so they could ride their horses, run their cattle, enjoy the peace and quiet, and hold the land as a long-term investment for development.…