Legal Opinion
Cusack Ranch Corp. v. MidTexas Pipeline Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided January 24, 2002No. 13-00-247-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Justice.
MidTexas Pipeline Company brought a condemnation proceeding against Cusack Ranch Corporation in an effort to acquire a right of way through Cusack’s property in which MidTexas planned to construct a pipeline. This is an appeal of a pre-trial summary judgment granted in favor of MidTexas. 1 The issue presented here is, “Did MidTexas satisfy the jurisdictional requirement that it was unable to agree with Cusack on the amount of damages?” We find that it did.
Texas Property Code section 21.012(a) states that:
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Houston North Shore Railway Co. v. TyrrellTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Marburger v. Seminole Pipeline Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
- Anderson v. Clajon Gas Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984
- Valsangiacomo v. Americana Juice Import, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
- Hubenak v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Hubenak v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Co.Texas Supreme Court · 2004
- Malcomson Road Utility District v. Newsom, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005
- MidTexas Pipeline Co. v. Dernehl, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
- Pitts v. Sabine River Authority of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. v. Harrison Interests, Ltd., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
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