Legal Opinion
Mercer v. Phillips Natural Gas Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 9, 1988No. 3-86-112-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABOUSSIE, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment of the district court rendered in favor of appellees and denying appellants’ collateral attack on a county court condemnation judgment. We will affirm the judgment.
The Property Code vests eminent domain jurisdiction in district courts and county courts at law. Tex.Prop.Code Ann. § 21.001 (1984). Both the Property Code and the Government Code provide that the constitutional county courts do not have eminent domain jurisdiction. Id.’, Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 26.043 (Pamp.Supp. 1988). Fayette County has no county court at law.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Oake v. Collin CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, New Jersey v. BurchTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Crawford v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Robinson v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
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