King v. Schaff
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Shackelford County; Joe Burkett, Judge. Suit by C. H. King against C. E. Scbaff, receiver of the Missouri, Kansas & Topeka Railway Company of Texas. Relief denied, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed and remanded, with instructions.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This is a suit by G. H. King against O. E. Schaff, receiver of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, asking for an injunction restraining the defendant from taking and appropriating water from the Clear Fork river within plaintiff’s lands, located in Jones and Shackel-ford counties. The Clear fork is a tributary and arm of the Brazos river. Plaintiff alleged that the Clear fork is a small stream that runs across his lands, and that the water therefrom was used by him in watering his live stock and for domestic and other purposes in the operation of his farms and ranches; that…
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