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CITY OF HOUSTON v. DE TRAPANI

No. A14-88-00610-CV.

771 S.W.2d 703 (1989)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Texas, and Ronald Hudson, being sued in his official capacity as the Houston Sign Administrator, Appellants, v. Joseph and Nancy De TRAPANI, d/b/a All Discount Signs, Appellees.

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

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe Northrop, Laura S. Portwood, Houston, for appellants.

Richard L. Rothfelder, A. Andrew Gallo, Houston, Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C.J., and JUNELL and DRAUGHN, JJ.

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

This case involves the liability of a municipality for erroneously interpreting its own ordinance. After enacting new regulations applicable to portable signs, the city of Houston gave notice to sign owners of an impending deadline for sign removal. The plaintiffs took down their billboards in reliance on the city's mistaken reading of the law, only to learn of the error after the deadline for erecting "new" signs—resulting...

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