For General Land Office, New Texas Supreme Court Ruling is a Real “Beach”
![Damaged beach front homes are seen on Galveston Island after the passing of Hurricane Ike September 13, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141031032517im_/http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/files/2012/03/82806707-100x100.jpg)
Planning to go to a Texas beach this summer? If you’re hoping to hit the public beach at Galveston’s West End, you might find it’s now private property, thanks to a new ruling from the Texas Supreme Court. In a 5-3 opinion, the Court ruled that “the State claims that it is entitled to an easement on [...]