Hidalgo County Water Improvement Dist. No. 2 v. Cameron County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 5

W. O. MURRY, Chief Justice ing).

(dissent-

I do not concur in the opinion of the majority.

There can be no doubt but that the allegations of plaintiffs’ petition presented a real emergency existing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, due to the drought and the scant flow of water in the Rio Grande River, upon which so many people are dependent for water, not only for irrigation but also for domestic, municipal, industrial and other purposes.

The trial court first met this emergency by the granting of a temporary restraining order under the provisions of Rule 680, T.R.C.P., which could…