District courts and county courts at law have concurrent jurisdiction in eminent domain cases. A county court has no jurisdiction in eminent domain cases.
Tex. Prop. Code § 21.001
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case Amason v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. (1984)
Most recently applied in in Re: Tarrant Regional Water District, a Water Control and Improvement District (February 2015)
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3498, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.