Legal Opinion

Five Land, Ltd. v. City of Rowlett

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided August 13, 2009No. 05-08-00662-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice O’NEILL.

Five Land, Ltd. appeals the dismissal of its mandamus action against the City of Rowlett. The trial court, concluding Five Land lacked standing to bring a mandamus action, dismissed the cause. In a single point of error, Five Land contends the trial court erred in doing so. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal order.

In June 1998, the City of Rowlett annexed 307 acres of undeveloped land. When it did so, it enacted a service plan to provide municipal services to the annexed area as required by section 43.056 of the Texas Local…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. City of Rockwall v. HughesTexas Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Board of Adjustment of the City of San Antonio v. WendeTexas Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Smith v. City of Brownwood, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2005

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