Ahmed v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Syed Ahmed, brought an inverse condemnation lawsuit against appel-lee, Metropolitan Transit Authority (“METRO”), for damages allegedly caused by METRO’S improvements on a drainage ditch. The trial court granted METRO’S plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the case. In his sole issue, appellant contends that the trial court erred in granting the plea to the jurisdiction because it had subject matter jurisdiction over his inverse condemnation claim. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

The property made the basis of this inverse condemnation case is a…