Amason v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1984-12-12

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RAY, Justice. This is a land condemnation case involving the procedural issue of which party, condemnee or condemnor, bears the burden of going forward to trial to determine whether the condemnor possesses the right to condemn the sought-after land. We hold that when a condemnee properly contests a condemnor’s right to condemn, the con-demnor bears the burden to go forward to tri…

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