City of Dallas v. Hopkins

The main question involved in this appeal is the right of the city of Dallas to be sued in the county of its domicile, Dallas county: George M. Hopkins filed suit in the district court of Denton county against the city of Dallas, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, and the W. E. Callahan Construction Company, alleging that the defendants, acting jointly and severally, constructed a dam across Elm fork of the Trinity river, near Garza, below which plaintiff owned some lands; that plaintiff’s land, which was alleged to be rich and fertile, producing theretofore large crops, was made subject…