Enbridge Pipeline (East Texas) L.P. v. Avinger Timber, L.L.C.

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-09-00046-CV

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ENBRIDGE PIPELINE (EAST TEXAS) L.P., Appellant

V

AVINGER TIMBER, L.L.C., Appellee

On Appeal from the 276th Judicial District Court

Marion County, Texas

Trial Court No. 0400066

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

Opinion by Justice Carter

O P I N I O N

I. INTRODUCTION

Is the value of a bare and undeveloped tract of rural real estate equivalent to the value of rural real estate that (1) has been leased by the owner to several gas companies for over…