On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | May 1, 2019 | eminent domain
As a Texas landowner, you should feel fairly confident that neither local, state or federal government officials can take your land away from you. Generally speaking, the right to your own property without unreasonable government interference ranks alongside your...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Feb 8, 2019 | eminent domain
Nobody in Texas likes the idea of giving up hard-won land, but that is exactly what could happen when the government attempts to claim eminent domain. This limited power could allow the federal government to take over personal property rights from land- and...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Oct 31, 2018 | eminent domain
When the government decides that it wants to use your Texas property, it will invoke eminent domain to acquire it from you in exchange for what the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution calls “just compensation.” However, you might not agree with what the government...
