State v. Hale

W. S. Hale and wife brought this suit in the District Court of Travis County against the State and the State Highway Commission, under the authority of Senate Bill No. 197, passed by the 42d Legislature at its regular session of 1931, chap. 72, p. 160, Special Laws of such session. The plaintiffs alleged damages by reason of overflow of their lands, which was caused by the State, through its State Highway Department, having, built a temporary dump or roadbed on said Highway No. 43 across Keechi Creek bottom, situated near the town of Oak-wood. The case was submitted to a jury on a special…