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LEECO GAS & OIL CO. v. NUECES COUNTY

No. C-5950.

736 S.W.2d 629 (1987)

LEECO GAS & OIL COMPANY v. COUNTY OF NUECES.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis I. Gandy, Jr. and John Pichinson, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Carlos Valdez, Co. Atty., & assistants Carol McCollister, Paula A. Wyatt, and James Rosenkild (Co. Atty.'s Office), Corpus Christi, for respondent.

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit. The issue is whether Nueces County, as grantee in a deed, may condemn a possibility of reverter on land given to the County and pay mere nominal damages to the owner of the reversionary interest. The trial court answered this issue in the affirmative and the court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court. 716 S.W.2d 615. We reverse and remand.

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