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CITY OF HOUSTON v. TRAIL ENTERPRISES, INC.

Nos. 14-10-00944-CV, 14-11-00417-CV.

377 S.W.3d 873 (2012)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Texas, Appellant, v. TRAIL ENTERPRISES, INC. d/b/a Wilson Oil Company, Thomas G. Rogers, Catherine Baumann, Caroline Whipple, Mrs. S. Kelley Bruce, John Hobbs Kelley, Mary Virginia Kelley Ingram, Daystar Oil and Gas Corporation, John Alexander, Rebecca Bruce Jones, Eleanor Bruce McReynolds, Robert D. Bruce, and Intervenor, Mary Bruce, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

August 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. McCleery , Waco, TX, for Appellant.

John J. Hightower , Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices FROST, SEYMORE, and JAMISON.

OPINION

MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.

This is an inverse condemnation action in which Trail Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Wilson Oil Company ("Trail"), and other plaintiffs (collectively "appellees") sued the City of Houston, Texas ("the City"), alleging that restrictions on the drilling of oil and gas wells in the area of Lake Houston constituted a compensable taking of their property rights.1

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