Legal Opinion
Brazos River Authority v. City of Graham
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 8, 1960No. 16082PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYD, Justice.
The City of Graham recovered judgment against Brazos River Authority for $430,750 as damages for the claimed flooding and destruction of its water treatment plant, its sewage disposal plant, and its channel dam and reservoir as a result of the construction, maintenance and operation of Possum Kingdom Dam and Lake, which judgment subjects the tracts of land on which the named facilities are situated to an easement or servitude in favor of Brazos River Authority for future flooding of said facilities. From this judgment Brazos River Authority appeals.
Possum Kingdom Dam was…
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