Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided December 12, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Joe Resweber Harris County Attorney 1001 Preston Houston, Texas 77002
Re: May Harris County require storm sewers to be designed with capacity to drain county road used as outlet?
Dear Mr. Resweber:
You ask the following question:
May Harris County require parties constructing storm sewers, and using County roads as outlets to outfall systems, to design the storm sewers with enough capacity to drain the County road right of way and the adjacent areas fronting on such County roads.
You state that county roads have been used as an outlet for storm sewers draining developments which usually…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hill Farm, Inc. v. Hill CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1969
- Messer v. County of RefugioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Soule v. Galveston CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- City of Fort Worth v. Citizens Hotel CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- County of Harris v. Tennessee Products Pipe Line Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1960
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