A Texas family has owned land in Freeport since 1940; after the port sought to seize it in 2020, a private fruit warehouse rose on the property, and the family is fighting another court defeat in 2026
A Texas family that has owned land in Freeport since 1940 is preparing to file a new legal appeal after a state trial court ruled against them in an ongoing fight over eminent domain. A Texas trial court granted summary judgment against the Marshall family and other landowners in Freeport’s historically Black East End neighborhood….
