Adjudication of Water Rights in the Medina River Watershed of the San Antonio River Basin v. Alamo National Bank Independent

OPINION

BASKIN, Justice.

This is a water rights adjudication case. The 224th District Court, Bexar County, Honorable Richard Woods presiding, entered a judgment holding that the Estate of O.R. Mitchell, deceased (Mitchell), was entitled to capture and use all of the water flowing in the non-perennial stream known as Medio Creek, as the same enters and crosses property owned by the estate of Mitchell. The State of Texas on behalf of the Texas Water Commission (Commission) brings this appeal.

By its first point of error the Commission claims that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear…