City of Dallas v. Turley

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice LANG-MIERS.

These are interlocutory cross-appeals from the trial court’s order on the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. The issue before us is whether governmental immunity bars the claims against the City. We conclude that it does. As a result, we affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Background

The appellees and cross-appellants are Windle Turley, Shirley Turley, Steve Aaron, Carol Aaron, B.M. Rankin, Jr., and Ashley Rankin (the landowners). The Turleys and the Aarons own property that shares a boundary at the back of their properties.…