Trinity River Authority of Texas v. Badders

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Trinity River Authority of Texas, was created by act of the legislature as a “governmental agency of the State of Texas and a body politic and corporate.” Article 8280-188, Vernon’s Ann. Tex.St. It is a conservation and reclamation district. For several years it has been acquiring land in connection with the creation of Lake Livingston on the Trinity River. It has the power of eminent domain. The appellant will sometimes be called T.R.A. in this opinion.

In May, 1967, John Douglas Bell and his mother, Louise K. Bell, neither of whom are parties to this suit,…