Pipeline & Easement

Ceiba Land Company, LLC v. Bay Runner Pipeline, LLC

Cameron County landowner Ceiba Land Company challenged Bay Runner Pipeline's exercise of eminent domain authority in district court, arguing the pipeline company lacks 'gas utility' status under Texas Utilities Code § 181.004 and that the condemnation property description was fatally defective. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals affirmed denial of temporary injunction, holding that substantive challenges to condemnation authority must be raised in the originating county court condemnation proceeding and cannot be collaterally attacked through separate district court litigation.