A jury trial on the fate of Missouri City’s Quail Valley golf course property that was supposed to start Monday has been delayed one week.
Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 4 Judge R.H. "Sandy" Bielstein granted Quail Valley Country Club’s motion for a continuance and reset the trial for 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2, said Missouri City City Attorney Caroline Kelley.
Missouri City and QVCC are in court over the 390-plus-acre property, which the city took control of in 2008 via eminent domain.
The city is now running Quail Valley as a municipal course and has spent large sums to renovate and redesign the once-overgrown property.
The two sides could not reach agreement on a fair price for the property, which was valued at $3.1 million by special commissioners.
On Jan. 22, Judge Bielstein rejected QVCC’s argument that the city had no right to take over the contested real estate.
“The city has the right to take the interest in real property ... by right of eminent domain,” the judge’s order reads.
Kelley said she expects the trial to take about two weeks.
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