Tarrant County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1 v. Reid

HALL, Justice.

On December 10, 1945, appellee H. N. (Jackie) Reid sued appellant Tarrant County Water Conthbl and Improvement District No. 1 in the 48th District Court of Tarrant Count, Texas, alleging an action of permanently injuring, damaging and/or taking appellee’s land (a 47½ acre tract) caused by the construction, erection, and maintenance of Eagle Mountain Dam and the lake created thereby, resulting in the slowing down of the overflow water across appellee’s land thereby depositing sand, gravel, and other debris in great quantities upon same, which destroyed its usefulness. He further…