Beck v. American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Co.

J. R. Beck, appellant herein, brought this action against American Rio Grande Land Irrigation Company, appellee, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of seepage of water from appellee's irrigation canals and barrow pits into appellant's adjacent lands. From an adverse judgment rendered upon a directed verdict, Beck has appealed.

Appellant alleged that he owns a tract of approximately thirty-three acres of farm land adjoining appellee's irrigation canals; that appellee so constructed and has so maintained its canals and adjacent barrow pits as to cause the water…