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SPEEDY STOP FOOD STORES, LTD. v. REID ROAD MUN. UTILITY

No. 14-07-00225-CV.

282 S.W.3d 652 (2009)

SPEEDY STOP FOOD STORES, LTD., Appellant, v. REID ROAD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2, Appellee.

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

Rehearing Overruled March 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill W. Russell, Victoria, for appellant.

C. Charles Dippel, for appellee.

Panel consists of Justices FROST, SEYMORE and GUZMAN.

MAJORITY OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a condemnation case. At the center of the controversy is Texas's longstanding rule that a property owner who is familiar with the market value of his property may testify regarding that market value, even if he is not qualified or designated as an expert witness (hereinafter "Property Owner Rule"). Today we must decide whether this rule, applied countless times to...

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