City of Houston and Daniel W. Kruger, in His Official Capacity as Director of Public Works and Engineering Department v. Little Nell Apartments, L.P.

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• noting movant in plea to jurisdiction in which pleading requirement has been met has burden to assert and conclusively prove absence of jurisdiction
• construing city ordinance to determine whether facts pleaded demonstrated public official acted in ultra vires manner
• noting movant in plea to jurisdiction in which pleading requirement has been met has burden to assert and conclusively prove absence of jurisdiction
• construing city ordinance to determine whether facts pleaded demonstrated public official acted in ultra vires manner
• “[T]he expressed purpose of the drainage charge is to recover the cost of service associated with providing drainage to ‘ben-efitted properties.’ ”
• “[T]he movant must assert the absence of subject-matter jurisdiction and present conclusive proof that the trial court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction.”

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