Legal Opinion

Brown v. Town of Corinth

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 1, 1974No. 17550PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Lon E. Brown and wife brought suit as plaintiffs, as for damages because of inverse condemnation of their property; and alternatively, as petitioners for injunction, against the Town of Corinth, a municipal corporation.

Upon hearing in the trial court, Corinth rested at the same time that plaintiffs rested their case in chief and moved that the court instruct a verdict in its behalf. The court, by-passing the jury, proceeded to render judgment for Corinth. The premise of the court’s opinion was that plaintiffs had failed to establish by evidence any invasion or…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of University Park v. BennersTexas Supreme Court · 1972
  2. State Ex Rel City of Jasper v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1945

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. J.E. Dunn Construction Co. v. Fairness in Construction Board of the City of Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Alford v. City of DentonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Presidio Bridge Co. v. Presidio County, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1987

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