City of Mission v. Popplewell

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• holding that legal title to city streets belongs to State and that cities' authority and control limited to extent delegated by legislature or state constitution
• holding that legal title to city streets belongs to State and that cities' authority and control limited to extent delegated by legislature or state constitution
• holding that the government had the burden to prove it was entitled to relief in the form of an injunction restraining the defendant from obstructing a government property
• stating that remedy of trespass to try title is not available to owner of ordi nary easement because such owner does not have right to present possession
• explaining that injunction is a proper remedy to challenge an easement holder’s use of an easement
• stating that remedy of trespass to try title is not available to owner of ordinary easement because such owner does not have right to present possession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).