Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation District v. Belcher

The Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District, hereinafter referred to as the District, seeks leave to file a petition for mandamus against the Honorable Ernest Belcher, District Judge of the Twenty-ninth Judicial District Court, Palo Pinto County, and others, to require him to enter an order permitting the District to withdraw from the registry of the court a sum of money placed there by the District as security in a condemnation proceeding.

In a former action E. P. Costello and others sought to enjoin the district from closing certain vents in a dam, to prevent their land from being…