Legal Opinion
Clark v. Strayhorn
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided February 3, 2006No. 03-05-00212-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
Appellants Charles H. Clark and Elizabeth Hajek (collectively, Clark) filed suit in Travis County alleging that the Comptroller’s failure to pay interest when returning unclaimed property was an unconstitutional taking. See U.S. Const, amend. V; Tex. Const, art. I, §§ 17, 19; Tex. Prop.Code Ann. §§ 72.001-74.710 (West 1995 & West Supp.2005) (Unclaimed Property Act). Clark moved to certify a class including all persons who had received payment for a claim exceeding $100 under the unclaimed property act. After a hearing on certification and the viability of Clark’s…
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