Samples v. Buckman

LUMPKIN, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment which directed the appellants, J. A. Samples and Roy Moore, to destroy a dump or dyke they had theretofore built across a roadway, and it perpetually enjoined them from erecting across the roadway any dump or dyke that would divert the natural flow of water.

The parties are neighbors owning contiguous tracts of land situated in Lubbock County, Texas. The appellants, J. A. Samples and Roy Moore, own adjoining quarter sections, with Moore’s property situated alongside and directly west of Samples’ tract. Between them, running north and south, is a…