MONSANTO v. CORNERSTONES MUN. UTILITY

No. D-3544.

865 S.W.2d 937 (1993)

MONSANTO COMPANY, Armco, Inc., Armco Steel Company and Turner, Collie and Braden, Inc., Petitioners, v. CORNERSTONES MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Quinn, Jr., Houston, Donald V. O'Biren, Chicago, IL, Steven B. Harris, Richard H. Edelman, Houston, Carol Coplan, Chicago, IL, John L. Hill, Austin, Kenneth E. McKay, Christopher B. Allen, Charles W. Lyman, M. Karinne McCullough, Houston, for petitioners.

Richard Warren Mithoff, Tommy Jacks, Scott Rothenberg, Houston, Catherine B. Fryer, Steve Bickerstaff, Carolyn F. Wright, Austin, Scott Douglas Cunningham, Houston, for respondent.


OPINION

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

This summary judgment case requires that we determine whether section 16.061 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code1 applies to municipal utility districts. Cornerstones Municipal Utility District ("Cornerstones") sued Monsanto Company and others (collectively "Monsanto") for alleged defects in the construction of its sanitary sewer system. The trial court rendered summary judgment, holding...

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