Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1 v. Peter

Defendants in error recovered a judgment against plaintiff in error for damages on account of permanent injuries to land and destruction of crops, sustained by reason of the negligence of the plaintiff in error in backing water up in its irrigation canal adjacent to their premises and permitting it to remain stored therein for an unreasonable period, thus causing the land to become water-logged and injuring the growing crops.

Plaintiff in error insists it was entitled to *134a judgment in. its favor notwithstanding the findings of the jury that the injury to defendants in error’s property was the…