The primary issues in this summary-judgment case are (1) whether Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 33.1 requires a trial court's ruling sustaining an objection to summary-judgment evidence to be reduced to a written order and (2) whether the court of appeals erred by ordering a new trial in the interest of justice without addressing the appellee's rendition points.

The issues in this dispute over a utility's right-of-way for its power lines are (1) whether the landowners' declaratory-judgment claim was ripe and (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion by considering extrinsic evidence to find the easement limited to 30-feet wide.