Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation District v. Adkisson

LESLIE, Chief Justice.

In this suit the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District sought and obtained by cross action condemnation of an easement in an oil and gas leasehold estate owned by Albert Adkisson. In addition, the judgment awarded Adkisson damages, and the District appeals. The proceeding is based on Art. 3269, R. S. 1925, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 3269, and is one branch of the litigation growing out of the case of Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District v. E. P. Costello et al., 135 Tex. 307, 143 S.W.2d 577, 130 A.L.R. 1220.

The cause was tried before the Court…