Lake Meredith Development Co. v. City of Fritch

DODSON, Justice.

This is an action in trespass to remove pipelines from real property. Lake Meredith Development Company, a corporation, the appellant-plaintiff, brought suit against the City of Fritch, appellee-defendant, seeking to remove two pipelines from property owned by the development corporation or alternatively for damages. The City answered by general denial, affirmative defenses and asserted counterclaims for easement by estoppel and by implication. The nonjury trial resulted in a take-nothing judgment against the development corporation and decreed an easement across the property…