Trinity River Authority of Texas v. Southland Paper Mills, Inc.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Ninth Judicial District Court of Polk County, granting a temporary injunction. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

Plaintiff, Southland Paper Mills, Inc., brought this action for a declaratory judgment against defendant, Trinity River Authority of Texas. The allegations in plaintiff’s petition showed, in substance: That the Livingston Lake Project had been under construction for many years, with no recreation parks planned in the original project. That defendant had recently publicly announced that it…