Brazos River Authority v. City of Graham

Based upon special findings of a jury, the District Court of Young County, Texas, rendered judgment for the sum of $430,-750.00 in favor of the City of Graham and against the Brazos River Authority. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 335 S.W. 2d 247.

The City’s theory of recovery was that the River Authority had taken or damaged three pieces of property owned and used by it in carrying out its municipal functions. Article 1, Sec. 17, Texas Constitution. The jury found that the City’s sewage disposal plant, its water treatment plant and its Salt Creek “channel reservoir” had all been rendered…