In Defense of the Texas Statutory Easement

Authors

Matthew Crockett, UNT Dallas College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

More than half the states, including Texas, have adopted a little-known statutory procedure by which a landlocked property owner may ask the government to exercise eminent domain to gain an easement over a neighbor’s property. Texas’s version, the rarely cited Texas Transportation Code section § 251.053, raises as many questions as it answers. This Article dissects section § 251.053, discusses the arguments for and against statutory easements, and argues in favor of statutory easements, particularly in Texas.

DOI

10.37419/JPL.V11.I3.1

First Page

461

Last Page

490

Recommended Citation

Matthew Crockett, In Defense of the Texas Statutory Easement, 11 Tex. A&M J. Prop. L. 461 (2025).
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37419/JPL.V11.I3.1