Legal Opinion
Sinclair Pipe Line Company v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 6, 1959No. 15985PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
This suit was filed by the State of Texas to acquire highway rights of way over, upon, and across Sinclair Pipe Line Company’s private pipe line easement for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of Farm to Market Roads Nos. 2094 and 1956. There was a judgment of condemnation, but no award was made for damages. Sinclair Pipe Line Company appeals.
In 1918 appellant’s easement was acquired by private grants, on which it constructed its pipe lines and had operated them for 38 years when appellee, in 1956, secured from the landowners highway rights of way easements which…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. Waco Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
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- City of Grand Prairie v. American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- McLennan County v. Sinclair Pipe Line CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
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