Bandera County v. Susan Hollingsworth

Opinion by:

LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA, Justice.

Bandera County appeals the trial court’s judgment that denies its plea to the jurisdiction, grants a summary declaratory judgment, and awards attorney’s fees to appellees Susan and Gregory Hollings-worth. We hold the trial court erred in part by denying the plea to the jurisdiction as to one of the Hollingsworths’ claims and erred by granting summary judgment on the other claim. We reverse the trial court’s judgment in its entirety, render a partial judgment of dismissal, and remand the rest of the case to the trial court.

Background

In November 2009, the…