Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Todd

Appellees sued appellant for damages to their lands, caused by it being overflowed by water from a rain on July 27, 1926—their allegations being that appellant had constructed its roadbed in such manner that the water which fell on the lands north, northeast, and northwest of appellant’s roadbed was not permitted to flow as it did flow prior to the construction of appellant’s roadbed and in accordance with the natural lay of the land; that appellant had constructed its roadbed and was maintaining same without constructing necessary culverts or sluices as the natural láy of the land adjacent…