Legal Opinion
In Re Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided February 24, 2000No. 14-99-01210-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOWLER, Justice.
Relator, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (“Burlington”), seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 3 to vacate its injunction order in the underlying condemnation proceeding. Burlington contends the order is void for failure to comply with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 688 and for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because we disagree with .Burlington on both points, we deny mandamus relief.
I. BACKGROUND
Burlington was the owner of a railway easement in Fort Bend County, Texas. The real party in interest, Fort Bend County…
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