Legal Opinion
City of Texarkana v. Cities of New Boston
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 23, 2004No. 06-04-00023-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
Seven cities 1 to which the City of Texar-kana, Texas, d/b/a Texarkana Water Utilities, has been supplying water for decades sued Texarkana in both contract and tort, asserting various causes of action arising from that relationship. Texarkana asserted below that governmental immunity completely bars the suit, but the trial court rejected its assertion. Texarkana now asks this Court to uphold its claim of governmental immunity and dismiss the action entirely. Although we agree with Texarkana that governmental immunity bars the causes of action sounding…
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