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Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 181.084

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to:
(1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility; or
(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.