Lenox Barbeque & Catering, Inc. v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

OPINION

• Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice

A landowner appeals the trial court’s summary judgment dismissing its inverse-condemnation claim against a.transit authority on the ground that the claim failed as a matter of law based on the landowner’s settlement of a prior condemnation action and conveyance of the land that was the subject of that action. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Appellee/defendant Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (“Metro”) needed to acquire a 0.0475-acre parcel of land (the “Property”) out of a 0.454-acre tract owned by appellant/plaintiff…