Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. I v. Quick

This cause, like that of Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 v. Gannaway, this day decided, 13 S. W. (2d) 294, concerns somewhat the status, duties, liabilities, and exemptions, if any, of water improvement and control districts, provided for in section 59, art. 16, of the state Constitution, and chapter 2, title 128, R. S. 1925. The facts in the two cases differ widely in some aspects, however.

In this case appellee alleges that appellant’s manager contracted in behalf of the district to irrigate appellee’s cotton crop at a particular time in the future, on a specific…