Klein Independent School District v. Fourteenth Court of Appeals

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This mandamus proceeding arises out of a condemnation action brought by Houston Lighting & Power Company against Klein Independent School District. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the school district; the judgment included a permanent injunction forbidding HL & P from running electricity through transmission lines the utility had constructed across a school campus. After the trial court refused to permit HL & P to supersede the injunctive portion of the judgment, HL & P successfully sought mandamus relief from the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. 709 S.W.2d…