City of La Marque v. Braskey

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• holding that ordinance’s restrictions on use of plaintiff’s property as to cat shelter did not constitute threats to vested property rights
• holding that because Braskey failed to establish that the ordinance threatened irreparable injury to property rights, the trial court acting in equity lacked jurisdiction, and the appellate court need not address the first prong
• holding use of real property as a cat shelter is not a vested property right
• finding that the plaintiff had no vested property right when a city ordinance restricted plaintiffs use of her property as a cat shelter
• defining “vested” as “[h]aving become a completed, consummated right for present or future enjoyment; not contingent; unconditional; absolute”
• defining “vested” as “[h]aving become a completed, consummated right for present or future enjoyment; not contingent; unconditional; absolute”

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