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Tex. Util. Code § 181.004 (2026)

Condemnation Of Property

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Sec. 181.004. CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY. A gas or electric corporation has the right and power to enter on, condemn, and appropriate the land, right-of-way, easement, or other property of any person or corporation.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Oncor Elec. Delivery Co., 331 S.W.3d 91 (Tex. App. 2010).
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Oncor Elec. Delivery Co., 331 S.W.3d 91 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 14× “" TEX. UTIL.CODE ANN. § 181.004 (West 2007).”
Hubenak v. San Jacinto Gas Transmission Co., 141 S.W.3d 172 (Tex. 2004). · cites it 2× “Wright, Walter Roy Wright, III, and Wilbert O. Dernehl, Jr. [13] TEX. PROP.”
John Boerschig v. Trans-Pecos Pipeline, L.L.C., 872 F.3d 701 (5th Cir. 2017). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Util. Code § 181.004; Tex. Const, art.”
MidTexas Pipeline Co. v. Dernehl, 71 S.W.3d 852 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “MidTexas is a gas corporation with the right of condemnation under TEX. UTIL. CODE ANN. § 181.004 (Vernon 1998).”
Oncor Elec. Delivery Co. v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 369 S.W.3d 845 (Tex. 2012). “Tex Util.Code § 181.004; see id. § 181.001 (defining "corporation” and "electric corporation” for purposes of chapter 181); id.”
Pinnacle Gas Treating, Inc. v. Read, 69 S.W.3d 240 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 181.004 (Vernon 1998) (formerly codified as Tex.”
Anderson v. Teco Pipeline Co., 985 S.W.2d 559 (Tex. App. 1999). “Laws 730 , 730 (current version at Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 181.004 (Vernon 1998) (effective September 1, 1997)).”
Fort Worth & W. R.R. v. Enbridge Gathering (NE Texas Liquids), L.P., 298 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 181.004 (Vernon 2007); Tex.”
Mercier v. MidTexas Pipeline Co., 28 S.W.3d 712 (Tex. App. 2000). “Laws 730 , 730 (current version at Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 181.004 (Vernon 1998) (effective September 1,1997)).”
MidTexas Pipeline Co. v. Wright, 141 S.W.3d 211 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “After negotiations yielded no agreement, MidTexas filed a condemnation action pursuant to TEX.”
MidTexas Pipeline Co. v. Wright, 141 S.W.3d 208 (Tex. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “MidTexas is a gas corporation with the right of condemnation under TEX. UTIL.CODE ANN. § 181.004 (Vernon 1998).”
Persimmon Ridge Partners EO, L.P., Russ Vandenburg, & Martha Vandenburg v. Fannie Mae (Tex. 2015). · cites it 7× “Accordingly, a trial court properly denied pleas to jurisdiction filed by the Cen-Tex Rural Rail Transportation District (Texas) and a railroad company in three separate pipeline condemnation cases brought against them because: (1) Cen-Tex is a "person" whose property could be…”
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