Court Opinion

ID: 9641118
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:23:36.178633+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:35.164130
License: Public Domain

FARRIS, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent, and would hold that the appel-lee did suffer a temporary taking and damaging of his property resulting from the placement of permanent barricades on both the north and south ends of the old Pool Road from August of 1986 to December of 1987.
The piece of property in question is shaped like a trapezoid, with the parallel sides, the longest of which is 681.7 feet, running along old Pool Road, the straight edge lying at the south end of old Pool Road, and the slanted edge running 162 feet along Highway 26; the total width of the property is only 135 feet. The majority holds that the 162 feet of unobstructed frontage which runs into Highway 26 provides such a suitable means of access. I disagree. The property does not face Highway 26, rather the bulk of the property, the length of it, faces old Pool Road. The portion abutting Highway 26 does, in fact, have easy access from that thoroughfare, but the portion which lies 681 feet within had no access during that time when both barricades completely blocked the stretch of Pool Road running alongside the appellee’s property.
I would affirm findings 9, 20, and 24 and conclusions 11, 12, and 13 of the trial court and hold that appellee did suffer a damaging and a taking for which he is entitled to compensation. Fort Worth Improvement Dist. No. 1 v. City of Fort Worth, 106 Tex. 148, 158 S.W. 164 (1913). But I also would hold this infliction was temporary, because the north barricade has been removed, and the trial court found that old Pool Road will not be permanently closed. Therefore, I would reverse and remand for the determination of damages for the temporary taking of the appellee’s property.