Legal Opinion
Kraft v. Langford
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 5, 1978No. B-7019PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEAKLEY, Justice.
This suit was instituted by Karl E. Kraft in Montgomery County against Downing & Wooten Enterprises, Inc., and Ivan Lang-ford. It is described by Kraft in his Application for Writ of Error as a suit “to recover from Respondents [Downing & Wooten and Langford], jointly and severally, for damages to land caused by the intentional diversion of surface waters in violation of Section 5.086 of the Texas Water Code . . . and to enjoin the continuance of such diversion.” An initial and somewhat detailed statement of the factual background will bring into focus the rulings of the…
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