Legal Opinion
Tarrant County v. English
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 7, 1999No. 2-97-067-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARDS, Justice.
I. Introduction
Roy English and Gayle English, d/b/a Dakota Industries (collectively, English), sued Tarrant County, Texas (the County) for damages to English’s real property. English owned a tract of land adjacent to the County’s property. He alleged that spilled diesel fuel migrated from the County’s property onto his property and contaminated it, causing him damages. English sought to recover from the County on theories of inverse condemnation, nuisance, and negligence. At the close of the evidence, the trial court granted English a directed verdict against the…
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