Xenia Rural Water Ass'n v. Dallas County

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Xenia Rural Water Association, appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing its action against Dallas County and the county engineer. That action requested a writ of mandamus compelling condemnation proceedings for the taking of its waterlines located on private property or, in the alternative, an award of money damages under a theory of inverse condemnation.

A written agreement between the parties required the water association to locate its waterlines outside of the area affected by a subsequent enlargement of the county’s road right-of-way. Because, at…