Thomas v. Junction City Irrigation Co.

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

Appellant brought this suit to restrain appellee from erecting a dam across the Llano river to connect with his land on the south side. He alleged that he was the owner of a tract of land situated on the south bank of the river, and that without his consent and without condemnation and compensation to him defendant was in the act of erecting across the river a dam connecting with his land for the purpose of raising the water in the river about seven feet, whereby the water would be caused to overflow his land and thus destroy the use of a part of it, and that the intent…