CITY OF COLLEGE STATION v. TURTLE ROCK CORP.

No. C-2918.

680 S.W.2d 802 (1984)

CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, Petitioner, v. TURTLE ROCK CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell F. Denton, City Atty., Neeley C. Lewis, Asst. City Atty., College Station, for petitioner.

Lawrence, Thornton, Payne, Watson & Kling, Bill Payne, Bryan, for respondent.


ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment brought by Turtle Rock Corporation, a real estate developer, challenging the constitutionality and validity of the City of College Station's ordinance requiring park land dedication or money in lieu thereof as a condition to subdivision plat approval.

The trial court granted summary judgment for Turtle Rock. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that College Station's ordinance was a "taking" without...

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