Pr Investments and Specialty Retailers, Inc. v. the State of Texas

In this condemnation case, we consider whether the trial court retains jurisdiction in proceedings under chapter 21 of the Property Code when the condemning authority’s road-design plan varies from what was considered by the special commissioners. We hold that a condemning authority’s decision to change the traffic-flow design (revising the road’s signs and stripes but not its intended use) does not divest the trial court of jurisdiction over the trial de novo. Accordingly, the trial court erred in dismissing the State’s condemnation action on jurisdictional grounds and in imposing more than…