Texas Department of Transportation and City of Edinburg, Petitioners v. A.p.i. Pipe and Supply, LLC and Paisano…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the 2004 Judgment nunc pro tunc was void, leaving the City of Edinburg as the fee‑simple owner of the ten‑acre parcel; consequently API lacked ownership, could not invoke the innocent‑purchaser statute or equitable estoppel, and the trial court should have granted the plea to jurisdiction, leading the Court to reverse the Court of Appeals and dismiss the takings suit.