Town of Palm Valley v. Johnson

A subdivision in the Town of Palm Valley has a street, Lemon Drive, that ends at the subdivision boundary line, which is also the town’s boundary line. The adjacent property, which is in the City of Harlin-gen, is owned by Paul Johnson. Johnson proposed a subdivision of his property with a street connecting to Lemon Drive. In response, Palm Valley built a fence on Lemon Drive one or two feet short of the property fine and declared the end of the street to be a cul-de-sac. Johnson sued Palm Valley and obtained a permanent injunction prohibiting any barricade or closure of Lemon Drive to the…