# Harris County Flood Control District v. Adam

> Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston) · March 18, 1999 · 988 S.W.2d 423

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9770151

## Case

- **Full name:** HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, Texas Department of Transportation, and Brazoria Drainage District No. 4, Appellants, v. Doyle ADAM, Wanda Adam, Patricia Ann Adams, Fernando R. Aguilar, Carolyn S. Aguilar, Charles Aiken, Julieann Aiken, Ronald E. Alford, Joann Alford, Kenneth Allen, Monzelle Allen, Antonio Almaguer, Linda Almaguer, Jose A. Alvarez, Derward L. Amacker, Donna R. Amacker, Rodolfo Aparicio, Dianna Aparicio, James B. Armstrong, Brenda Armstrong, Herbert B. Barrier, Jr., Bobbye J. Barrier, James E. Bell, Kay Bouland, Craig E. Boegler, Judy F. Boegler, Richard L. Bostwick, Sr., Bobbie Bostwick, Bobby L. Branch, James T. Brose, Rita A. Brose, John T. Brown, Jr., Linda R. Brown, Archie v. Buchman, Jr., Margit Buchman, William S. Cargill, Billie F. Cargill, Jose J. Cavazos, Rosemary Cavazos, Francisco DeLeon, Sr., Cynthia DeLeon, Evelyn Dellolio, James L. Dugan, David L. Egan, Cynthia L. Egan, Glen E. Einkauf, Gina K. Einkauf, Walter Fassy, Yicki L. Fassy, Robert T. Fassy, Jennifer Fassy, David Fogarty, Maria Fogarty, Richard M. Frazier, Geraldine H. Frazier, John E. Freeman, Lew D. French, Jr., Dorothy Frenzel, Bruce H. Fundling, Mary R. Fundling, Ira D. Gilmore, Carolyn B. Gilmore, Carl D. Girod, Deborah Girod, George W. Graham, Donna J. Roe Graham, R.C. Grimes, Edit Grimes, Bruce Hall, Stella Hall, Rhea D. Hambright, Elizabeth McDonald, Roy R. Hamilton, Carolyn A. Hamilton, Les Hansen, Cathy Hansen, Ana Marie Harris, Gerald Harris, Robert M. Herbert, Jr., Debby Herbert, Ingrid Hilliard, James Hilliard, Maxine Hilton, William G. Hinson, Violet Richardson, William E. Hornback, Willie Mae Hornback, David E. Hunt, Loretta B. Hunt, Fenton Hutchison, Mary Joe Einkauf, Randy T. Jeffery, Mark Jones, Renee Jones, Aaron Karolinski, Sheryl Karolinski, Linda Taylor Kennedy, Wilburn Koester, E J. Langley, Gloria M. Langley, Aaron Laurence, Denise Laurence, Larry Linares, Laura Linares, Martha Lindley, Robert J. Lira, Katherine E. Lira, Charles A. Llewellyn, Dorothy J. Llewellyn, Elizabeth F. Long, Milton I. Long, Juan Longoria, Lydia Longoria, Juan B. Lopez, Longinos M. Lopez, Phyllis D. Lopez, Richard Massiatte, Malena Massiatte, Martin L. Maulden, Janice M. Maulden, Manley R. May, Jodi L. May, Willie M. Mayfield, Stephen L. McCown, Wallace H. McDaniel, Leah R. McDaniel, Burl D. McMahan, John McNally, Joy McNally, Alfred G. Medina, Alicia G. Medina, Beulah Medlin, Dale Medlin, Margaret C. Meraz, Raymond B. Meraz, Enemoria P. Meraz, Wayne Miller, Charla Miller, Joe Milstead, Evangelina Milstead, Clifford C. Moffett, Gwen E. Moffett, Henry H. Morgan, Judith A. Morgan, Grace A. Moye, Jack Musselman, Nancy Musselman, Frederick A. Noel, Deborah Noel, Ima Burnia Oiler, Charles Ortiz, Sharia Ortiz, James D. Osborne, Orlando A. Perea, Jr., Tina Perea, Rosa Pina, Bobbie E. Pond, Judy F. Pond, James G. Porter, Jr., Douglas C. Pounds, Mary L. Pounds, Billie Poynter, Yernon L. Roth, Rose Roth, Bendel S. Rushing, Jr., Bridget C. Rushing, Phillip W. Rutter, Terri A. Rutter, Michael J. Schattel, Dorothy J. Schattel, Henry Schroeder, Joyce Schroeder, Debra A. Schroeder, Edgar E. Sears, Lois J. Sears, Jerry P. Segel, Betty Segel, Rudolph v. Sepolio, Sr., Amalia C. Sepolio, James R. Sneed, Patricia A. Sneed, James G. Stack, Barbara J. Stack, Glen S. Stanford, Mary M. Stanford, Ronald E. Stasky, Dorothy Stasky, Fannie Jo Money-Stickland, Joe E. Toetter, Maria M. Toetter, Jack F. Tyler, Nanette Tyler, Nita Upton, Scott G. Vaughan, Jr., Helen Vaughan, Samuel C. Vernon, Virginia Vernon, Paul A. Walker, John E. Walston, Pamela J. Walston, Cheryl White, Devin White, Deborah White, Jerry M. Wilburn, Shirley M. Wilburn, Marilee Williams, Peggy L. Willis, Reginald D. Wood, Gary D. Wood, Durinda S. Wood, James C. Woodford, Susan J. Similer, William R. Wright, Carolyn J. Wright, Christine York, Nathan Zainfeld, E.D. Zamorsky, Shirley Zamorsky, Linda Zapalac, and Robert Zavalla, Appellees
- **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
- **Decided:** March 18, 1999
- **Citations:** 988 S.W.2d 423; 1999 Tex. App. LEXIS 2142; 1999 WL 164113
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Taft
- **Judges:** Tim Taft
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that, despite Mother Hubbard language, narrowly-defined severance order did not operate to create final and appeal-able judgment as to all parties and claims; rather, it merely created final and appeal-able judgment as to severed parties and claims
- holding that Mother Hubbard clause in order severing claims against two of six defendants after trial court granted summary judgment in their favor created final judgment in severed cause but not in original cause
- observing that ”[w]hat began as a benign growth allowing review of unripe claims on appeal, in Mafrige, became a malignant cancer cutting off causes of action before trial, in Inglish. If it were up to me, I would lock Mother Hubbard in the cupboard and return to the rule befo…
- holding that partial summary judgment becomes final and appealable if trial court signs order severing parties and claims addressed by summary judgment motion into separate case

## Opinion text

TIM TAFT, Justice,
concurring ón denial of en banc rehearing.
What began as a benign growth allowing review of unripe claims on appeal, in Maf-rige, 1 became a malignant cancer cutting off causes of action before trial, in Inglish. 2 If it were up to me, I would lock Mother Hubbard in the cupboard and return to the rule before *428 Aldridge 3 that a judgment is final and ap-pealable only if it expressly disposes of all parties and all claims in the ease. That appellants can even cite authority for the absurd result they seek, illustrates how wrong a turn the law has taken in this area— and how strong the need to right it.
A unanimous Court voted to deny the motion for rehearing en banc.
. Kaigler, 961 S.W.2d at 277-78 (Justice Wilson dissenting).
. Mafrige v. Ross, 866 S.W.2d 590 (Tex.1993).
. Inglish v. Union State Bank, 945 S.W.2d 810 (Tex. 1997).

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