Legal Opinion
Leeco Gas & Oil Co. v. Nueces County
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1987No. C-5950PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
736 S.W.2d 629 (1987)
LEECO GAS & OIL COMPANY
v.
COUNTY OF NUECES.
No. C-5950.
Supreme Court of Texas.
July 8, 1987.
Rehearing Denied October 7, 1987.
Francis I. Gandy, Jr. and John Pichinson, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.
Carlos Valdez, Co. Atty., & assistants Carol McCollister, Paula A. Wyatt, and James Rosenkild (Co. Atty.'s Office), Corpus Christi, for respondent.
OPINION
GONZALEZ, Justice.
This is a condemnation suit. The issue is whether Nueces County, as grantee in a deed, may condemn a possibility of reverter on land given to the County and pay mere nominal damages to the owner of the…
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- Hamman v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
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