FELTS v. HARRIS COUNTY

No. 94-1017.

915 S.W.2d 482 (1996)

Donald Glenn FELTS and Mary Taylor Felts, Petitioners, v. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided January 18, 1996.

Rehearing Overruled March 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Coe Dyer, Houston, for petitioners.

Jennifer L. Mouton, Mike Driscoll, Houston, for respondent.


ENOCH, Justice.

This is an inverse condemnation case which questions whether property owners have a right to compensation under Article I, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution for damage to their property resulting from roadway traffic noise. Because the Feltses have not established a constitutionally compensable damage, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals, but for reasons different from those that court expressed.

In 1978, the Feltses purchased...

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